From fdcc77a1e4cf9f03bf39e33a2a2d3128d96083b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Benarbia <victor@serpapi.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:56:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] update CI configuration and demo script to run the demo
 with Ruby 2.7.8 as a workaround for GitHub Action Ruby limitation.

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 .gitignore               |  3 ---
 demo/demo.rb             |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6a93059..23fba83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        ruby-version: ['3.1.0','head'] # test only recommend Ruby version (and stable version on the gitaction server)
-     #   ruby-version: ['2.7.4','3.1.0','head']
+        # test only recommend Ruby version (and stable version on the gitaction server)
+        # GitHub action github.com/ruby/setup-ruby is pretty unstable with older Ruby version + dependencies
+        #  so, we only run a basic example with Ruby 2.7.8 after install the gem from the local build
+        ruby-version: ['3.1.0','head'] 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby-version }}
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@359bebbc29cbe6c87da6bc9ea3bc930432750108
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby-version }}
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -29,3 +31,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           SERPAPI_KEY: ${{ secrets.SERPAPI_KEY }}
         run: bundle exec rake oobt
+      - name: Run example with ruby 2.7.8
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        with:
+          ruby-version: '2.7.8'
+      - name: Install and run demo 2.7.8
+        env:
+          SERPAPI_KEY: ${{ secrets.SERPAPI_KEY }}
+        run: rake install && ruby demo/demo.rb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 00f8b34..0f32379 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ test.rb
 ## Text Editor
 .vscode
 
-Gemfile.lock
-build_table.rb
-
 # local script only
 /script
 README_ruby_EXAMPLE_SECTION.md
diff --git a/demo/demo.rb b/demo/demo.rb
index a0af3ec..3b9add1 100644
--- a/demo/demo.rb
+++ b/demo/demo.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 require 'pp'
 require 'serpapi'
 
+puts "SerpApi Ruby Client Example with Ruby version: #{RUBY_VERSION}"
+
 # client initialization with default parameters
 client = SerpApi::Client.new(
   engine: 'google',

From 0f96c58e12f5baeed9cb269d195afa1661aeb010 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Benarbia <victor@serpapi.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:00:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Ruby 2.5 is too unstable to work with dependency
 replacing by latest stable ruby version 3.4.5

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 23fba83..edc6f15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         # test only recommend Ruby version (and stable version on the gitaction server)
         # GitHub action github.com/ruby/setup-ruby is pretty unstable with older Ruby version + dependencies
         #  so, we only run a basic example with Ruby 2.7.8 after install the gem from the local build
-        ruby-version: ['3.1.0','head'] 
+        ruby-version: ['3.1.0','3.4.5'] 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby-version }}

From 91711c8f816ce1e1f7ed72642c77c1209297afcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Benarbia <victor@serpapi.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:03:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Remove rake dependency when ruby 2.7.8 is the current
 ruby version

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index edc6f15..833c17d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install and run demo 2.7.8
         env:
           SERPAPI_KEY: ${{ secrets.SERPAPI_KEY }}
-        run: rake install && ruby demo/demo.rb
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: gem install ./serpapi-*.gem && ruby demo/demo.rb
\ No newline at end of file

From d3a07d09e35e99cd64c339c99afd4040a1820d37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Benarbia <victor@serpapi.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:08:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] test ruby 2.7.8 only with 3.1.0 selected in the matrix

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 833c17d..8b65a97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@ jobs:
         run: bundle exec rake oobt
       - name: Run example with ruby 2.7.8
         uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        if: matrix.ruby-version == '3.1.0'
         with:
           ruby-version: '2.7.8'
       - name: Install and run demo 2.7.8
+        if: matrix.ruby-version == '3.1.0'
         env:
           SERPAPI_KEY: ${{ secrets.SERPAPI_KEY }}
-        run: gem install ./serpapi-*.gem && ruby demo/demo.rb
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: |
+          gem install ./serpapi-*.gem
+          ruby demo/demo.rb
\ No newline at end of file