chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

A systems integration framework, built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure.

Chef::REST#get_rest

Send an HTTP GET request to the path

Using this method to +fetch+ a file is considered deprecated.

=== Parameters
path:: The path to GET
raw:: Whether you want the raw body returned, or JSON inflated.  Defaults
  to JSON inflated.

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Edit

git clone [email protected]:opscode/chef.git
cd chef
open lib/chef/rest.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--REST-get_rest-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/chef/rest.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::REST#get_rest"

# Open pull request

gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`

hub fork

git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Chef--REST-get_rest-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!