# File lib/gist.rb, line 401
  def http_connection(uri)
    env = ENV['http_proxy'] || ENV['HTTP_PROXY']
    connection = if env
                   proxy = URI(env)
                   Net::HTTP::Proxy(proxy.host, proxy.port).new(uri.host, uri.port)
                 else
                   Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
                 end
    if uri.scheme == "https"
      connection.use_ssl = true
      connection.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
    end
    connection.open_timeout = 10
    connection.read_timeout = 10
    connection
  end