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require 'open-uri'
require 'json'

# read the output from the website
raw_data = open('http://127.0.0.1:3000/stories.json').read

# parse the data and turn it into a regular Ruby hash
json_data = JSON.parse(raw_data)

# now you can use the hash however you like

puts json_data['authors'].first

# =>
{
      "key" => "poe",
     "name" => "Edgar Allan Poe",
      "url" => "http://127.0.0.1:3000/stories/poe",
    "story" => "Merely this and nothing more .\n\n\n\n..."
}