Why am I getting LoadError or NameError when trying to use HTTParty?

Question

I'm trying to use the HTTParty gem as a part of the gem that I am creating; however I keep getting an uninitialized constant NameError or 'require': cannot load such file -- httparty LoadError. My class starts like this:

module Reporting
  class GitlabIssue
    include HTTParty
...

Leaving this at it is, I receive the following error:

uninitialized constant Reporting::GitlabIssue::HTTParty (NameError)

Various searches turned up the solution for this is to require 'httparty' before the class block is opened. So I put the following at the top of my file:

require "httparty"

With that in place, I receive this error:

'require': cannot load such file -- httparty (LoadError)

My gemspec has the seemingly correct command to use the gem:

spec.add_dependency "httparty"

and when I do a bundle update/install, it lists the httparty gem as being installed and at version 0.13.3

When I load up an irb session, I can successfully require 'httparty' and it returns true without any errors. Any ideas what could be going on here?

Some system info: I'm running ruby 2.1.0p0 [x86_64-linux] and Rails 4.1.1

Answer 1

I think this has to do with the order that your files (and HTTParty) are loaded in your gem. If you have the standard directory layout for your gem try this:

In your_app.gemspec ->

spec.add_dependency 'httparty'

At the top of your_app/lib/your_app.rb ->

require 'httparty'

Answer 2

I just runned in the exact same issue here .

Turns out I included HTTPParty instead of HTTParty