---
canonical: 'https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/ruby'
title: 'Shareable Quote | Example - Ruby (Net::HTTP)'
description: 'A fancy blockquote for sharing.'
---

# Shareable Quote

A fancy blockquote for sharing.

Swap out the text and name in this example to create shareable images of quotes.  Adjust the background color by changing out #4adfcc in the CSS with another color.

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/c222154a-8ac2-4bac-bb93-bc3c15a59312>)
- [Open the interactive example](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/shareable-quote/ruby)

## HTML

```html
<link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css">

<blockquote class="quote-box p-2 m-2">
  <p class="quotation-mark">
    “
  </p>
  <p class="quote-text">
    Don't believe anything that you read on the internet, it may be fake.
  </p>
  <hr>
  <div class="blog-post-actions">
    <p class="blog-post-bottom pull-left">
      Benjamin Franklin
    </p>
    <p class="blog-post-bottom pull-right">
      <span class="badge quote-badge">567</span>  ❤
    </p>
  </div>
</blockquote>
```

## CSS

```css
blockquote {
  border-left: none;
}

body {
  background-color: transparent;
}

.quote-badge {
  background-color: rgba(1, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

.quote-box {
  overflow: hidden;
  margin-top: -50px;
  padding-top: -100px;
  border-radius: 17px;
  background-color: #4adfcc;
  margin-top: 25px;
  color: white;
  width: 325px;
  box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px 2px #e0e0e0;
}

.quotation-mark {
  margin-top: -10px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 100px;
  color: white;
  font-family: "Times New Roman", Georgia, Serif;
}

.quote-text {
  font-size: 19px;
  font-weight: bold;
  margin-top: -65px;
}

```

## 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
{
  "render_when_ready": false
}
```

## 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',
          <link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css">
          
          <blockquote class="quote-box p-2 m-2">
            <p class="quotation-mark">
              “
            </p>
            <p class="quote-text">
              Don't believe anything that you read on the internet, it may be fake.
            </p>
            <hr>
            <div class="blog-post-actions">
              <p class="blog-post-bottom pull-left">
                Benjamin Franklin
              </p>
              <p class="blog-post-bottom pull-right">
                <span class="badge quote-badge">567</span>  ❤
              </p>
            </div>
          </blockquote>
          HCTI_HTML
    css: <<~'HCTI_CSS',
         blockquote {
           border-left: none;
         }
         
         body {
           background-color: transparent;
         }
         
         .quote-badge {
           background-color: rgba(1, 0, 0, 0.5);
         }
         
         .quote-box {
           overflow: hidden;
           margin-top: -50px;
           padding-top: -100px;
           border-radius: 17px;
           background-color: #4adfcc;
           margin-top: 25px;
           color: white;
           width: 325px;
           box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px 2px #e0e0e0;
         }
         
         .quotation-mark {
           margin-top: -10px;
           font-weight: bold;
           font-size: 100px;
           color: white;
           font-family: "Times New Roman", Georgia, Serif;
         }
         
         .quote-text {
           font-size: 19px;
           font-weight: bold;
           margin-top: -65px;
         }
         
         HCTI_CSS
    render_when_ready: false,
}

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

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