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HTTParty won't load in Ruby file

I am trying to run a webscraper and when I execute the file I get the following error

/home/luis/.rbenv/versions/2.4.1/lib/ruby/2.4.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require': cannot load such file -- httparty (LoadError)
    from /home/luis/.rbenv/versions/2.4.1/lib/ruby/2.4.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from luismejia71lbs.rb:1:in `<main>'

I have HTTParty installed and even ran sudo gem install httparty a few times just in case. Not sure why it won't run and I can't find anything concrete. I recently installed rbenv in the last week, not sure if that is related, but since I was able to run httparty in the past.

Here is my file

webscraper.rb

require 'httparty'
require 'nokogiri'
require 'pry'
require 'json'
require 'csv'

craigslist = HTTParty.get('https://miami.craigslist.org/search/mdc/apa?min_bedrooms=3&max_bedrooms=3&min_bathrooms=2&max_bathrooms=2&availabilityMode=0')
Pry.start.(binding)
Solution

  • The error means rbenv can't find the httparty gem. Since rbenv installs gems under ~/.rbenv, you shouldn't need the sudo command to install httparty. Using sudo will almost certainly install in the wrong place. Just do:

    $ gem install httparty