# Payment Gem Error **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 6, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/payment-gem-error/95572 "2006-06-06T17:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/willclarkdesigns)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/payment-gem-error/95572/1 "2006-06-06T17:04:18Z")
I am learning how to use the payment gem to process credit cards. I think I have everything up and running correctly but I get this error: ``` undefined method `use_ssl=' for # Would anyone have an idea what would cause that? Thanks, will clark // graphic design [www.willclarkdesigns.com/](http://www.willclarkdesigns.com/) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid 559 | 584 6785 559 | 380 2731 [facsimile] ---
**Author:** ![willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/willclarkdesigns)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/payment-gem-error/95572/2 "2006-06-06T22:57:36Z")
I get the same errors as well. This is on Windows. I think it might be due to the way the Net:HTTP object is created. It is created first, then Net::HTTP.use\_ssl is called, but this method does not exist. There should be a way for Payment to check the URL first, then decide it needs to create a Net:HTTPS object instead. That, or there is something really wrong with the Windows One-Click Net:HTTP library. Will C. wrote: > I am learning how to use the payment gem to process credit cards. I > think I have everything up and running correctly but I get this error: > > undefined method `use\_ssl=’ for #\ open=false\> > > Would anyone have an idea what would cause that? > > Thanks, > will clark // graphic design > [www.willclarkdesigns.com/](http://www.willclarkdesigns.com/) > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > 559 | 584 6785 > 559 | 380 2731 [facsimile] ---
**Author:** ![willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/willclarkdesigns)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/payment-gem-error/95572/3 "2006-06-07T17:27:32Z")
Well, I found, with the help of a friend, that the problem was on my end. I had typed: require ‘payment/authorize\_net’ This was how it was listed in the README file. But when I just required ‘payment’, everything worked perfectly. I suppose as more payment gateways are added to the Payment Gem, then it may be necessary to specify which one. But that’s how I got it to work. I even noticed this little article ([http://www.onrails.org/articles/](http://www.onrails.org/articles/) 2005/12/03/an-on-line-store-build-with-ruby-on-rails) they also used require ‘payment’ Hope this helps, will clark // graphic design [www.willclarkdesigns.com/](http://www.willclarkdesigns.com/) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid 559 | 584 6785 559 | 380 2731 [facsimile] ---
**Author:** ![willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/willclarkdesigns)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/payment-gem-error/95572/4 "2006-06-07T23:04:51Z")
Cool, thanks. I think I might check out ActiveMerchant, though: [http://home.leetsoft.com/am](http://home.leetsoft.com/am) Its (pardon the pun!) Actively developed and in-use by a production site, [http://shopify.com/](http://shopify.com/) ---
**Author:** ![willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/willclarkdesigns)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/payment-gem-error/95572/5 "2007-01-16T22:54:06Z")
I fixed this error by commenting out the following line in payment.rb require ‘net/http’ I theorized that when payment was figuring out which Net::HTTP object to instantiate, it was using the one from ‘net/http’ and not ‘net/https’, which provides the use\_ssl function. Confusing, yes. Will C. wrote: > I am learning how to use the payment gem to process credit cards. I > think I have everything up and running correctly but I get this error: > > undefined method `use\_ssl=’ for #\ open=false\> > > Would anyone have an idea what would cause that? > > Thanks, > will clark // graphic design > [www.willclarkdesigns.com/](http://www.willclarkdesigns.com/) > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > 559 | 584 6785 > 559 | 380 2731 [facsimile] ---
**Author:** ![willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/willclarkdesigns)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/payment-gem-error/95572/6 "2006-06-07T23:36:26Z")
Yeah, I think it is worth the investigation. One of the creators of Shopify created the ActiveMerchant gem I do believe. Good luck, will clark // graphic design [www.willclarkdesigns.com/](http://www.willclarkdesigns.com/) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid 559 | 584 6785 559 | 380 2731 [facsimile] ---
**Author:** ![willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@willclarkdesigns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/willclarkdesigns)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/payment-gem-error/95572/7 "2009-05-15T08:17:40Z")
Hi will clark, I want to learn “how to use payment gem”. can you refer an pdf’s or links. Will C. wrote: > I am learning how to use the payment gem to process credit cards. I > think I have everything up and running correctly but I get this error: > > undefined method `use\_ssl=’ for #\ open=false\> > > Would anyone have an idea what would cause that? > > Thanks, > will clark // graphic design > [www.willclarkdesigns.com/](http://www.willclarkdesigns.com/) > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > 559 | 584 6785 > 559 | 380 2731 [facsimile]