---
canonical: 'https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/ruby'
title: 'Birthday invite card | Example - Ruby (Net::HTTP)'
description: 'Autogenerated invite graphic for a party.'
---

# Birthday invite card

Autogenerated invite graphic for a party.

This example image shows a fun Google Font over an SVG background. Swap in your own text to autogenerate personalized messages.

This is a working HTML/CSS to Image API example that produces an image.
The rendered output, source, and non-content request parameters below show the parts needed to reproduce or adapt it.

## Rendered image and interactive editor

- [Open the rendered image](<https://hcti.io/v1/image/4217012e-5002-4916-96f3-6c157bf57556>)
- [Open the interactive example](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/ruby)

## HTML

```html
<div class="p-4 background d-block text-center" style="width: 500px">
  <span class="tweet-text mb-4">
    Join us for Jen's birthday party this Saturday at Golden Gate Park. Starts at 1:30pm. Hope to see you there! 🥳
  </span>
  <div class="p-4">
  </div>
</div>

<!-- Include external CSS, JavaScript or Fonts! -->
<link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-9aIt2nRpC12Uk9gS9baDl411NQApFmC26EwAOH8WgZl5MYYxFfc+NcPb1dKGj7Sk" crossorigin="anonymous">

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Yusei+Magic&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
```

## CSS

```css
.background {
  background-color: #ff7700;
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1600 900'%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23cc0000' points='957 450 539 900 1396 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23aa0000' points='957 450 872.9 900 1396 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23d6002b' points='-60 900 398 662 816 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23b10022' points='337 900 398 662 816 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23d9004b' points='1203 546 1552 900 876 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23b2003d' points='1203 546 1552 900 1162 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23d3006c' points='641 695 886 900 367 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23ac0057' points='587 900 641 695 886 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23c4008c' points='1710 900 1401 632 1096 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%239e0071' points='1710 900 1401 632 1365 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23aa00aa' points='1210 900 971 687 725 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23880088' points='943 900 1210 900 971 687'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
background-size: cover;
}

.tweet-text {
  background-color: #fff2ac;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #EF7E31 0%, #C72B4E 100%);
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 32px;
  color: #F3EBF1;
  font-family: 'Yusei Magic', sans-serif;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  padding: px;
}
```

## Request parameters

These are the additional non-content parameters used by the example. Combine them with the HTML and CSS above when constructing an API request.

```json
{
  "google_fonts": ""
}
```

## Complete Ruby request (Net::HTTP)

This is the complete Ruby request for this example using Net::HTTP. It includes the HTML, CSS, authentication setup, API options, and response handling needed to reproduce the output.

```ruby
require "json"
require "net/http"
require "uri"

request = {
    html: <<-'HCTI_HTML',
<div class="p-4 background d-block text-center" style="width: 500px">
  <span class="tweet-text mb-4">
    Join us for Jen's birthday party this Saturday at Golden Gate Park. Starts at 1:30pm. Hope to see you there! 🥳
  </span>
  <div class="p-4">
  </div>
</div>

<!-- Include external CSS, JavaScript or Fonts! -->
<link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-9aIt2nRpC12Uk9gS9baDl411NQApFmC26EwAOH8WgZl5MYYxFfc+NcPb1dKGj7Sk" crossorigin="anonymous">

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Yusei+Magic&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
    HCTI_HTML
    css: <<-'HCTI_CSS',
.background {
  background-color: #ff7700;
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1600 900'%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23cc0000' points='957 450 539 900 1396 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23aa0000' points='957 450 872.9 900 1396 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23d6002b' points='-60 900 398 662 816 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23b10022' points='337 900 398 662 816 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23d9004b' points='1203 546 1552 900 876 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23b2003d' points='1203 546 1552 900 1162 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23d3006c' points='641 695 886 900 367 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23ac0057' points='587 900 641 695 886 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23c4008c' points='1710 900 1401 632 1096 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%239e0071' points='1710 900 1401 632 1365 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23aa00aa' points='1210 900 971 687 725 900'/%3E%3Cpolygon fill='%23880088' points='943 900 1210 900 971 687'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
background-size: cover;
}

.tweet-text {
  background-color: #fff2ac;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #EF7E31 0%, #C72B4E 100%);
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 32px;
  color: #F3EBF1;
  font-family: 'Yusei Magic', sans-serif;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  padding: px;
}
    HCTI_CSS
}

uri = URI("https://hcti.io/v1/image")
http_request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
http_request.basic_auth(ENV.fetch("HCTI_API_ID"), ENV.fetch("HCTI_API_KEY"))
http_request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
http_request.body = JSON.generate(request)

response = Net::HTTP.start(
    uri.hostname,
    uri.port,
    use_ssl: true,
    open_timeout: 10,
    read_timeout: 30
) { |http| http.request(http_request) }

unless response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
    raise format("HCTI request failed (%s): %s", response.code, response.body)
end

result = JSON.parse(response.body)
puts result.fetch("url")

```

## Other languages and request formats

Open one of these Markdown pages to view the same example as a complete request in another language or client format.

- **TypeScript**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/typescript-client.md)
  - [fetch](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/typescript.md)
- **C#**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/csharp-client.md)
  - [HttpClient](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/csharp.md)
- **Python**
  - [requests](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/python.md)
- **PHP**
  - [cURL](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/php.md)
- **Ruby**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/ruby-client.md)
  - [Net::HTTP](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/ruby.md) — shown above
- **Go**
  - [net/http](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/golang.md)
- **cURL**
  - [cURL](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/curl.md)

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