From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-06-22T03:11:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:16720] Re: Net::ProtoRetriableError: 302 Found

Alan Tsang <atsang@hk.linkage.net> writes:

> I try to retrieve some data from an internet site using 
> Net::HTTP.new('host').post('path', 'data') but get the following error.  
> 
> Net::ProtoRetriableError: 302 Found
>   from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/net/protocol.rb:269:in `error!'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/net/http.rb:1089:in `value'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/net/http.rb:471:in `post'
>         from (irb):12

This means you're been redirected from the page you tried to access to
a new page. You'll find sample code to handle this in the book on page
491, or in the online version
http://www.rubycentral.com/book/lib_network.html (search for
ProtoRetriable)


Dave