Merge branch 'tchu-fix-httparty-deprecation-warning' into 'master'

Refactor to avoid HTTParty nil deprecation msg

See merge request https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/118761



Merged-by: Vasilii Iakliushin <viakliushin@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: mo khan <mo@mokhan.ca>
Approved-by: Vasilii Iakliushin <viakliushin@gitlab.com>
Reviewed-by: Vasilii Iakliushin <viakliushin@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Terri Chu <tchu@gitlab.com>