# Newbie Question re accessing a secure web site with https

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question-re-accessing-a-secure-web-site-with-https/52863>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 19, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question-re-accessing-a-secure-web-site-with-https/52863 "2006-01-19T21:05:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![timbalera](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@timbalera](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/timbalera)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question-re-accessing-a-secure-web-site-with-https/52863/1 "2006-01-19T21:05:24Z")

</div>

Hi. I am a Ruby newbie. I am working with the pickaxe book, page 709.  
I’m trying to write a script that logs into a secure website, and then  
fill out a text box. I am using the top example on the page as a basis,  
and ultimately I get a web page that says I am not authorized to view  
the page. I am confident that my user name and password are correct.  
Could it be that because the site is https, the authorization is more  
than just Basic, and therefore, I need to do this another way? The book  
only has 2 pages of documentation for this library, and I just need some  
more info. Thanks in advance for any information that you can provide.