From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2006-12-23T23:20:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Question: Downloading files with open(-uri)?

Mariano Kamp wrote:
> Hi,
>
>    I could need a quick hand here.
>
>    I want to watch the RailsConf 2006 videos and want to download
> them with a script.
>
>    Unfortunately open("http:/xx") never comes back? Any idea what I
> am doing wrong here?
>
>    I tested it with an URL that returns plain html and that worked
> fine. See the first line, ibm.com.
>
> require 'open-uri'
>
> urls = %w{
> http://ibm.com
> http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/03_martin_fowler_full.m4v
> http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/02_dave_thomas_full.m4v
> http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/01_dh_hansson.m4v
> http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/04_paul_graham_full.m4v
> http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/06_railsCorePanel_full.m4v
> http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/07_why_lucky_stiff.m4v
> }
> BUFFER_SIZE = 1_024*1_024*1
>
> urls.each do |url|
>    puts "downloading #{url}"
>    open(url) do |input|
>      puts "opened connection."
>      output = open(url.split(/\//).last, "wb")
>      while (buffer = input.read(BUFFER_SIZE))
>        print "."
>        $stdout.flush
>        output.write(buffer)
>      end
>      output.close
>    end
>    puts "done."
> end
> puts "All downloads done."
>
> Cheers,
> Mariano

There's nothing wrong with your program; I tested it by
downloading a picture.  If you have a dial-up connection, maybe
the transfer is progressing very slowly.