Here is a quick example of using Ruby to call WebTrends Web Services:

  def query(account, username, password, query)
   
     hostname = "ws.webtrends.com"
    
     https =  Net::HTTP.new(hostname, Net::HTTP.https_default_port)
     https.use_ssl = true
     https.ca_file = "/usr/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt"

     resp = https.start { |http|
      
       request = Net::HTTP::Get.new("/beta/ReportService.svc/" + query)
     
       request.basic_auth account + '\\' + username, password
           
        res = http.request(request)

        case res

        when Net::HTTPSuccess, Net::HTTPRedirection
         
          return  res.body
       
        else
       
          res.error!
       
        end
       
      }
      
  end

The method call would look something like this:

@foo = query("My Account", "My User Name", "My Password", "profile/?format=json")