diff --git a/lib/xclarity_client/xclarity_base.rb b/lib/xclarity_client/xclarity_base.rb
index 825af9d9d3..b3dfd7eca5 100644
--- a/lib/xclarity_client/xclarity_base.rb
+++ b/lib/xclarity_client/xclarity_base.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 require 'faraday'
 require 'json'
 require 'uri'
+require 'uri/https'
 
 module XClarityClient
   class XClarityBase
 
     token_auth = '/session'.freeze
-
     attr_reader :conn
     
     def initialize(conf, uri)
@@ -15,8 +15,16 @@ def initialize(conf, uri)
 
     def connection_builder(conf, uri)
       $lxca_log.info "XClarityClient::XClarityBase connection_builder", "Creating connection to #{conf.host + uri}" 
-      #Building configuration
-      @conn = Faraday.new(url: conf.host + uri) do |faraday|
+      # Building configuration, convert to https if protocol not specified
+      hostname = URI.parse(conf.host)
+      unless hostname.scheme
+        hostname = URI::HTTPS.build({ :host     => hostname.host,
+                                      :port     => hostname.port,
+                                      :path     => hostname.path,
+                                      :query    => hostname.query,
+                                      :fragment => hostname.fragment })
+      end
+      @conn = Faraday.new(:url => "#{hostname}#{uri}") do |faraday|
         faraday.request  :url_encoded             # form-encode POST params
         faraday.response :logger                  # log requests to STDOUT -- This line, should be uncommented if you wanna inspect the URL Request
         faraday.adapter  Faraday.default_adapter  # make requests with Net::HTTP
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index cb22ac45d8..d50b91f990 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 require 'apib/mock_server'
 require 'webmock/rspec'
 
-
-base_url = "http://example.com"
+base_url = 'https://example.com'
 # These environment variables must be defined
 ENV['LXCA_USERNAME']   ||= ''
 ENV['LXCA_PASSWORD']   ||= ''
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@
 ENV['LXCA_AUTH_TYPE']  ||= ''
 ENV['LXCA_VERIFY_SSL'] ||= 'NONE'
 
-blueprints = ""
+blueprints = ''
 Dir.glob('docs/apib/*.apib') do |blueprint|
   blueprints << File.open(blueprint).read
 end
diff --git a/spec/xclarity_client_node_spec.rb b/spec/xclarity_client_node_spec.rb
index b10ad7ef0b..035fde2732 100644
--- a/spec/xclarity_client_node_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/xclarity_client_node_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 describe XClarityClient do
   before :all do
-    WebMock.allow_net_connect! # -- This line should be uncommented if you're using external mock test
+    # -- The next line should be uncommented
+    # if you're using external mock test
+    WebMock.allow_net_connect!
 
     conf = XClarityClient::Configuration.new(
       username:   ENV['LXCA_USERNAME'],
@@ -13,13 +15,14 @@
     )
 
     @client = XClarityClient::Client.new(conf)
+    @host = ENV['LXCA_HOST']
 
-    @includeAttributes = %w(accessState activationKeys)
-    @excludeAttributes = %w(accessState activationKeys)
+    @include_attributes = %w(access_state activation_keys)
+    @exclude_attributes = %w(access_state activation_keys)
   end
 
   before :each do
-    @uuidArray = @client.discover_nodes.map { |node| node.uuid  }
+    @uuid_array = @client.discover_nodes.map(&:uuid)
   end
 
   it 'has a version number' do
@@ -27,19 +30,17 @@
   end
 
   describe 'GET /nodes' do
-
     it 'should respond with an array' do
       expect(@client.discover_nodes.class).to eq(Array)
     end
-
   end
 
   describe 'GET /nodes/UUID' do
     context 'with include attributes' do
       it 'required attributes should not be nil' do
-        response = @client.fetch_nodes(@uuidArray, @includeAttributes,nil)
+        response = @client.fetch_nodes(@uuid_array, @include_attributes, nil)
         response.map do |node|
-          @includeAttributes.map do |attribute|
+          @include_attributes.map do |attribute|
             expect(node.send(attribute)).not_to be_nil
           end
         end
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@
 
     context 'with excludeAttributes' do
       it 'excluded attributes should to be nil' do
-        response = @client.fetch_nodes(@uuidArray, nil, @excludeAttributes)
+        response = @client.fetch_nodes(@uuid_array, nil, @exclude_attributes)
         response.map do |node|
-          @excludeAttributes.map do |attribute|
+          @exclude_attributes.map do |attribute|
             expect(node.send(attribute)).to be_nil
           end
         end
@@ -59,12 +60,11 @@
   end
 
   describe 'GET /nodes/UUID,UUID,...,UUID' do
-
     context 'with includeAttributes' do
       it 'required attributes shoud not be nil ' do
-        response = @client.fetch_nodes(@uuidArray, @includeAttributes,nil)
+        response = @client.fetch_nodes(@uuid_array, @include_attributes, nil)
         response.map do |node|
-          @includeAttributes.map do |attribute|
+          @include_attributes.map do |attribute|
             expect(node.send(attribute)).not_to be_nil
           end
         end
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@
 
     context 'with excludeAttributes' do
       it 'excluded attributes shoud to be nil' do
-        response = @client.fetch_nodes(@uuidArray, nil, @excludeAttributes)
+        response = @client.fetch_nodes(@uuid_array, nil, @exclude_attributes)
         response.map do |node|
-          @excludeAttributes.map do |attribute|
+          @exclude_attributes.map do |attribute|
             expect(node.send(attribute)).to be_nil
           end
         end
@@ -84,12 +84,11 @@
   end
 
   describe 'GET /nodes' do
-
     context 'with includeAttributes' do
       it 'required attributes should not be nil' do
-        response = @client.fetch_nodes(nil,@includeAttributes,nil)
+        response = @client.fetch_nodes(nil, @include_attributes, nil)
         response.first do |node|
-          @includeAttributes.map do |attribute|
+          @include_attributes.map do |attribute|
             expect(node.send(attribute)).not_to be_nil
           end
         end
@@ -98,9 +97,9 @@
 
     context 'with excludeAttributes' do
       it 'excluded attributes should be nil' do
-        response = @client.fetch_nodes(nil,nil,@excludeAttributes)
+        response = @client.fetch_nodes(nil, nil, @exclude_attributes)
         response.map do |node|
-          @excludeAttributes.map do |attribute|
+          @exclude_attributes.map do |attribute|
             expect(node.send(attribute)).to be_nil
           end
         end
@@ -110,9 +109,8 @@
 
   describe 'Get /node' do
     it 'should power down system' do
-      response = @client.power_off_node(@uuidArray[0])
+      response = @client.power_off_node(@uuid_array[0])
       expect(response.status).to eq(200)
-
     end
   end
 
@@ -120,28 +118,26 @@
     context 'with a leds object' do
       context 'with state == "On" and name == "Identify"' do
         it 'turns on the location led' do
-          @client.turn_on_loc_led(@uuidArray[0])
-          uri = "http://example.com/nodes/#{@uuidArray[0]}"
+          @client.turn_on_loc_led(@uuid_array[0])
+          uri = "#{@host}/nodes/#{@uuid_array[0]}"
           request_body = { 'body' => { 'leds' => [{ 'name'  => 'Identify',
                                                     'state' => 'On' }] } }
           expect(a_request(:put, uri).with(request_body)).to have_been_made
         end
       end
-
       context 'with state == "Off" and name == "Identify"' do
         it 'turns off the location led' do
-          @client.turn_off_loc_led(@uuidArray[0])
-          uri = "http://example.com/nodes/#{@uuidArray[0]}"
+          @client.turn_off_loc_led(@uuid_array[0])
+          uri = "#{@host}/nodes/#{@uuid_array[0]}"
           request_body = { 'body' => { 'leds' => [{ 'name'  => 'Identify',
                                                     'state' => 'Off' }] } }
           expect(a_request(:put, uri).with(request_body)).to have_been_made
         end
       end
-
       context 'with state == "Blinking" and name == "Identify"' do
         it 'turns on the blinking location led' do
-          @client.blink_loc_led(@uuidArray[0])
-          uri = "http://example.com/nodes/#{@uuidArray[0]}"
+          @client.blink_loc_led(@uuid_array[0])
+          uri = "#{@host}/nodes/#{@uuid_array[0]}"
           request_body = { 'body' => { 'leds' => [{ 'name'  => 'Identify',
                                                     'state' => 'Blinking' }] } }
           expect(a_request(:put, uri).with(request_body)).to have_been_made