"<-----/strings/----->" my ruby http client, link search

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im not sure how to ask this question...
Imagen the body of a webpage as the string im searching threw...

[body]
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/not-this-one/xxxxx/xxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/files/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/nope/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/or-this/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>[/body]

i need to find this /files/ then on the left side and right side there
are quotes "<------/files/------>"

i need all the data in between each quote, this will be a download link
my script will need to find...

im not sure how to do this... please help if you can

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im not sure how to ask this question...
Imagen the body of a webpage as the string im searching threw...

[body]
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/not-this-one/xxxxx/xxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/files/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/nope/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/or-this/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>[/body]

i need to find this /files/ then on the left side and right side there
are quotes "<------/files/------>"

i need all the data in between each quote, this will be a download link
my script will need to find...

im not sure how to do this... please help if you can

require 'nokogiri'
text = <<HTML
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/not-this-one/xxxxx/xxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15"></a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/files/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15"></a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/nope/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15"></a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/or-this/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15"></a>
HTML

Nokogiri::HTML(text).xpath('//a[contains(@href,"/files/")]').map{|a| a[:href] }

=> ["htxp://www.xxxxxx/files/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx"]

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On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Bigmac Turdsplash <i8igmac@aim.com> wrote:

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Michael Fellinger
CTO, The Rubyists, LLC

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Or even

doc.xpath('//a[contains(@href,"/files/")]/@href').map(&:value)

Kind regards

robert

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On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Michael Fellinger <m.fellinger@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Bigmac Turdsplash <i8igmac@aim.com> wrote:

im not sure how to ask this question...
Imagen the body of a webpage as the string im searching threw...

[body]
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/not-this-one/xxxxx/xxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/files/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/nope/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/or-this/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15</a>[/body]

i need to find this /files/ then on the left side and right side there
are quotes "<------/files/------>"

i need all the data in between each quote, this will be a download link
my script will need to find...

im not sure how to do this... please help if you can

require 'nokogiri'
text = <<HTML
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/not-this-one/xxxxx/xxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15"></a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/files/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15"></a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/nope/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15"></a>
<a href="htxp://www.xxxxxx/or-this/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx" onclick=""
style="font-size:15"></a>
HTML

Nokogiri::HTML(text).xpath('//a[contains(@href,"/files/")]').map{|a| a[:href] }

=> ["htxp://www.xxxxxx/files/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx"]

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