require 'uri'
require 'querystring'
require 'net/https'

# requires the latest hpricot
#   gem install hpricot --source code.whytheluckystiff.net

require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'

class Net::HTTPResponse
  def page
    @parsed_body ||= Hpricot(self.body)
  end
end

class Website

  QS = QueryString

  def initialize(url)
    url = URI.parse(url)
    @http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
    @http.use_ssl = true if url.port == 443
  end

  def get(path, data = nil, headers = nil)
    path = URI.parse(path)
    case data.class.to_s # I dont why I have to convert to string here, but class detection does not work
      when 'Hash' : path.query = QS.create( QS.parse(path.query.to_s).merge(data) )
      when 'String' : path.query = ( path.query.to_s ) + '&' + data
    end
    #breakpoint
    request('GET', path.to_s, nil, headers)
  end

  protected
  def request(method, path, data, headers)
    @http.start do |http|
      http.send_request( method, path, data, headers )
    end
  end

end