@uri = URI.parse 'someurl'
@http = Net::HTTP::new(@uri.host, @uri.port)
@http.use_ssl = true
@http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
store = OpenSSL::X509::Store.new
store.set_default_paths
@http.cert_store = store

uri = @uri
formatted_params = params.to_a.map { |param| "#{param[0]}=#{param[1]}" }.join("&")
uri.query = URI.escape formatted_params
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri.path + '?' + uri.query
request.basic_auth @user, @password
response = @http.request(request)

Net::HTTP::Proxy(proxy_addr, proxy_port).start('www.example.com') {|http|
 puts http.body.get
    }