Open-uri and redirection

ruby-talk
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According to the Pick Axe Book, open-uri automatically handles
redirection for HTTP files, but I do not see this behavior. Here is an
example from irb:

open('http://some.web.site')
RuntimeError: redirection forbidden: http://some.web.site ->
https://some.web.site

I would like for redirection to just work... any tips?

Thanks,
Brad

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Try using WWW::Mechanize. It will handle the redirects automatically
for you.
  http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/

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On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 04:24:18AM +0900, Brad Tilley wrote:

According to the Pick Axe Book, open-uri automatically handles
redirection for HTTP files, but I do not see this behavior. Here is an
example from irb:

open('http://some.web.site')
RuntimeError: redirection forbidden: http://some.web.site ->
https://some.web.site

I would like for redirection to just work... any tips?

Thanks,
Brad

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