HTTP request to send sms from rails app

Question

I'm writing an sms sending function but it doesn't seem to send the sms.
Any idea by sight of this code why?

def self.send_sms(to, from, message)

username = "uname"
password = "pword"
id = rand(36**8).to_s(36)
dlr_url = URI::escape('http://www.skylinesms.com/messages/delivery?id=#{id}&type=%d')
send_url = 'http://localhost:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms?username=#{username}&password=#{password}&to=#{to}&from=#{from}&text=#{message}&dlr-url=#{dlr_url}&dlr-mask=3'
url = URI.parse(URI.encode(send_url))            
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url.to_s)
res = Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) {|http|  http.request(req)   }
return res.body

end

Answer 1

I'm not sure but I think so

def self.send_sms(to, from, message)
    .....
    Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) { |http| http.get(req.request_uri).body }
  end