From: Niklas Frykholm <niklas@...>
Date: 2001-11-17T03:03:58+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25555] Re: Net::ProtoRetriableError: 302 Found

[Alan Tsang]
>> 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
 
[Jim Menard]
> 302 is the HTTP return code that means "Moved Temporarily". The return
> headers or content probably include a new URL you should use to get the
> data.

Note that the most common cause of this error is that you have forgotten
the '/' at the end of a path that points to a directory, i.e., you give
the path

    /~r2d2

instead of

    /~r2d2/

// Niklas