fixes xslt_transform tag when xml calls are targetted at https urls i…

…n cleanslate

hammer/services/tags/basic.rb

@@ -455,11 +455,13 @@ def self.parse_date(str)
 
       # cache [tag.cache_key, tag.globals.site, tag.globals.page], expires_in: cache_term_minutes.minutes do
         begin
-          url = url = URI.parse(url)
-          request = req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url.to_s)
-          response = Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) {|http|
-            http.request(req)
-          }
+          uri = URI.parse(url)
+          response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port,
+            :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
+            request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri
+            http.request request # Net::HTTPResponse object
+          end
+
         #rescue raise(RuntimeTagError, "ERROR: Could not load the XML URL: #{url}")
         rescue => e
           return Hammer.error "Could not load the XML URL: #{url} due to #{e}"