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Since rest-client >= 1.4.0, Response is no more a String.
JSON.parse get(url) raise a exception in Place#get_then_parse. It works with get(url).to_s

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So, while I can't find proper significant information on this, it seems like the GeoPlanet API endpoints are gone, as in, the hosts are no longer present in the DNS records.

Depending on how you're using this gem you may or may not have picked on this error, i.e.

> GeoPlanet::Place.new(2423945)
Yahoo GeoPlanet: GET http://where.yahooapis.com/v1/place/2423945?format=json&appid=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-
SocketError: getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

here you would have known, but if you're doing searches, not so much

> GeoPlanet::Place.search("bla")
Yahoo GeoPlanet: GET http://where.yahooapis.com/v1/places.q('bla')?format=json&appid=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
=> nil
irb(main):008:0>

because all errors get rescued inside the gem!

ANYHOO .. seems like we can say our goodbyes to Yahoo! GeoPlanet , I'm posting this as a placeholder for other people that might be as confused as I was and maybe as a place to discuss sensible alternatives?

¯_(ツ)_/¯