From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2007-07-04T00:41:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Absolutely lost with URI/Net/HTTP (part II)

On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 09:47:12PM +0900, Guest wrote:
> Hi, sorry for the repost, but I can't seem to reply without registering,
> and I can't seem to register... so I'm in quite a predicament (if
> there's a way to reply as a guest, please let me know)

Can't you subscribe to the mailing list?

  http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/community/mailing-lists/

> 
> I was told this as a solution to my problem:
> 
> > is it possible to download a file with a PHP hidden URL?
> >
> > when the link is clicked on in firefox, it will prompt the user to
> > either open or save, for example...
> >
> > http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/b2a4a221-2590-486f-a314-469a4721e1ed/?id=1183359840917
> >
> > how can i download this file using ruby?
> 
> require "open-uri"
> 
> File.open("my.mp3","wb") do |file|
>   file << open("http://...")
> end
> 
> however, this only works for files that are located directly at that
> location i.e. http://random.../random.mp3, not for php hosted files like
> the examle I had given.  Please help!

It looks like you need to log in to the site before you can download
that file, correct?  If that is the case, I suggest using
WWW::Mechanize.  It lets you fill out forms, and manages cookies and
redirects for you.

  http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/

-- 
Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com/