From: sam.rawlins@...
Date: 2014-02-23T06:04:02+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:61025] [ruby-trunk - Feature #9527] make Net::HTTP.get_print not only to $stdout but to an IO as a parameter

Issue #9527 has been updated by Sam Rawlins.


I opened up an alternative to this request in #9556.

I really like your suggestion. It is very strange that HTTP.get_print only prints to $stdout. However, the method signature of HTTP.get_print,

    HTTP.get_print(uri_or_host, path = nil, port = nil)

makes it very awkward to add an optional IO handle. I think my vote would actually be to remove HTTP.get_print. It does not feel like it belongs in the standard library (and hasn't been updated since 2005), and the 5 lines of code could even just be moved into the RDoc for HTTP.get or a similar method.

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Feature #9527: make Net::HTTP.get_print not only to $stdout but to an IO as a parameter
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9527#change-45431

* Author: Dmitry Bolshakov
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: 
* Target version: 
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e.g.

url = 'http://server/path/large-file.zip'
fh = File.new(File.basename(url), 'wb')
Net::HTTP.get_print(URI(url), fh)
fh.close

imho looks good



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