require library returns 'missing file' message

Question

I have a small application which I created using jeweler. The jeweler generates a lib/ directory, where I suppose to write my code.

This gem I'm creating depends on the httparty gem, so, in my Rakefile I put

  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
    gem.add_dependency('httparty', '>= 0.4.5')
    ...
  end

in my implementation file I put

require 'httparty'

but when I executes it I get:

lib/my_app.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- httparty (LoadError)

I have already installed the httparty gem using

sudo gem install httparty

What is missing?

Answer 1

You need to require rubygems before requiring any gem.

require 'rubygems'
require 'httparty'

Answer 2

You need to require rubygems

require 'rubygems'

before you require httparty