def request_get(path, initheader = nil, &block) # :yield: +response+
      request(Get.new(path, initheader), &block)
    end
def request_get(path, initheader = nil, &block) # :yield: +response+
      request(Get.new(path, initheader), &block)
    end
Sends a GET request to the +path+.
 Returns the response as a Net::HTTPResponse object.

 When called with a block, passes an HTTPResponse object to the block.
 The body of the response will not have been read yet;
 the block can process it using HTTPResponse#read_body,
 if desired.

 Returns the response.

 This method never raises Net::* exceptions.

     response = http.request_get('/index.html')
     # The entity body is already read in this case.
     p response['content-type']
     puts response.body

     # Using a block
     http.request_get('/index.html') {|response|
       p response['content-type']
       response.read_body do |str|   # read body now
         print str
       end
     }