From: Aaron Patterson <aaron_patterson@...>
Date: 2006-10-30T15:57:56+09:00
Subject: Re: open-uri and redirection

On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 04:24:18AM +0900, Brad Tilley wrote:
> According to the Pick Axe Book, open-uri automatically handles 
> redirection for HTTP files, but I do not see this behavior. Here is an 
> example from irb:
> 
> open('http://some.web.site')
> RuntimeError: redirection forbidden: http://some.web.site -> 
> https://some.web.site
> 
> I would like for redirection to just work... any tips?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brad

Try using WWW::Mechanize.  It will handle the redirects automatically
for you.
  http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/

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