How to download files with Ruby

TDonaghe (Terry Donaghe) — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:59:34 GMT

// Note: the "b" in "wb" in the open method may not be needed in
// non-Windows environments. In Windows it indicates that you're writing
// binary information. You probably won't need it for downloading straight text
// or html either.



require 'net/http'



Net::HTTP.start("static.flickr.com") { |http|

  resp = http.get("/92/218926700_ecedc5fef7_o.jpg")

  open("fun.jpg", "wb") { |file|

    file.write(resp.body)

   }

}

puts "Yay!!"

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How to download files with Ruby