getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

Question

I have a Ruby on Rails application that I am deploying on a computer running Mac OS X 10.6. The code where the problem arises is run by a delayed_job. The problem only occur

Answer 1

rest-client's RestClient needs the http: scheme when resolving the URL. It calls Net::HTTP for you, which doesn't want the http: part, but rest-client takes care of that.

Is the URL the actual one you are attempting to reach? example.org is a valid domain used for testing and documentation and is reachable; I'd expect the "api" and "api_endpoint" parts to fail and see that when I try to reach them.

require 'socket'

IPSocket.getaddress('example.org') # => "2620:0:2d0:200::10"
IPSocket.getaddress('api.example.org') # => 
# ~> -:7:in `getaddress': getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known (SocketError)
# ~>    from -:7:in `
'

Here's what I get using Curl:

greg-mbp-wireless:~ greg$ curl api.example.org/api_endpoint
curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'api.example.org'
greg-mbp-wireless:~ greg$ curl example.org/api_endpoint




Not Found
The requested URL /api_endpoint was not found on this server.

Apache Server at example.org Port 80

greg-mbp-wireless:~ greg$ curl example.org



  
  
 
  
You have reached this web page by typing "example.com",
"example.net","example.org"
  or "example.edu" into your web browser.
These domain names are reserved for use in documentation and are not available 
  for registration. See RFC 
  2606, Section 3.