From: Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@...>
Date: 2006-06-14T01:40:23+09:00
Subject: Re: http#get return 404 error

On 6/13/06, Lian Yan <lyan@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> I tried to use
>
> http#get("http://www.mla.org/about")
>
> to obtain the page, but it returns a 404 error. However, using browser
> works fine.

Like Guy, I'm able to get the page as so[1]:

  require 'net/http'
  require 'uri'

  url = URI.parse('http://www.mla.org/about')
  res = Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) {|http|
    http.get('/index.html')
  }
  puts res.body

I do, however, find it odd that trying to use wget does indeed result in a 404:

  $ wget http://www.mla.org/about
  --10:52:42--  http://www.mla.org/about
             => `about'
  Resolving www.mla.org... 209.11.11.22
  Connecting to www.mla.org|209.11.11.22|:80... connected.
  HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not found
  10:52:43 ERROR 404: Not found.

Odd, that.

Jacob Fugal

[1] I wasn't sure what "http#get" you were referring to, so I chose
the most applicable example from the net/http documentation, net/http
being part of the standard library. If this doesn't match your usage,
please explain more about which library you are using, particularly
with a code example.