From: "Bradley, Todd" <todd.bradley@...>
Date: 2004-11-02T01:20:50+09:00
Subject: Re: is this an open-uri bug?

> It seems that the URI is redirected to invalid URI.

That's what I guessed at first, but when I open that URI in either
Firefox or IE, it works fine.  Is this a case where the web browsers
interpret the invalid URI, but open-uri will not?  When I open that URI
in Firefox, I get redirected to
http://www.infospace.com/home/white-pages/message.htm?kcfg=wpus&otmpl=%2
Fwhite-pages%2Fresults.htm&qfm=n&qk=10&top=1&qname=Bubba+Ray+Jackson&qf=
Bubba&qn=Ray&qs=co&searchtype=citystate&qn=Jackson&qf=Bubba%20Ray&qc=Bro
omfield&MessageType=NoResults which is a valid URI.


Todd.


> 
> % ./ruby -ropen-uri -e '
> class << URI
>   alias org_parse parse
>   def parse(arg)
>     p arg
>     org_parse(arg)
>   end
> end
> open("http://www.infospace.com/home/redirect.htm?formfrom=qsea
> rch&pgtarg=directory&wqhqn=2&qhqn=Bubba+Ray+Jackson&qc=Broomfi
> eld&qs=co")
> '
> "http://www.infospace.com/home/redirect.htm?formfrom=qsearch&p
> gtarg=directory&wqhqn=2&qhqn=Bubba+Ray+Jackson&qc=Broomfield&qs=co"
> "http://www.infospace.com/home/white-pages/validate.htm?kcfg=w
> pus&otmpl=%2Fwhite-pages%2Fresults.htm&qfm=n&qk=10&top=1&qname
> =Bubba+Ray+Jackson&qf=Bubba&qn=Ray&qc=Broomfield&qs=co"
> "http://kevdb.infospace.com/home/white-pages/kevdb?kcfg=wpus&o
> tmpl=%2Fwhite-pages%2Fresults.htm&qfm=n&qk=10&top=1&qname=Bubb
a+Ray+Jackson&qf=Bubba&qn=Ray&qs=co&searchtype=citystate&QN=Jackson&QF=B
ubba Ray&qc=Broomfield"
> /home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:432:in 
> `split': bad URI(is not URI?): 
> http://kevdb.infospace.com/home/white-pages/kevdb?kcfg=wpus&ot
> mpl=%2Fwhite-pages%2Fresults.htm&qfm=n&qk=10&top=1&qname=Bubba
+Ray+Jackson&qf=Bubba&qn=Ray&qs=co&searchtype=citystate&QN=Jackson&QF=Bu
bba Ray&qc=Broomfield (URI::InvalidURIError)
>         from 
> /home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:481:in 
> `org_parse'
>         from -e:6:in `parse'
>         from 
> /home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:572:in 
> `proxy_open'
>         from 
> /home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:525:in 
> `direct_open'
>         from 
> /home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:169:in 
> `open_loop'
>         from 
> /home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:164:in `catch'
>         from 
> /home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:164:in 
> `open_loop'
>         from 
> /home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:134:in `open_uri'
>         from 
> /home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:424:in `open'
>         from 
> /home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:85:in `open'
>         from -e:9
> 
> Since the last URI
>   
> http://kevdb.infospace.com/home/white-pages/kevdb?kcfg=wpus&ot
> mpl=%2Fwhite-pages%2Fresults.htm&qfm=n&qk=10&top=1&qname=Bubba
+Ray+Jackson&qf=Bubba&qn=Ray&qs=co&searchtype=citystate&QN=Jackson&QF=Bu
bba Ray&qc=Broomfield contains a space, URI.parse > fails.
> --
> Tanaka Akira
>