From: Clifford Heath <no@...>
Date: 2007-09-09T14:45:06+09:00
Subject: Re: net/http and binary files

Constantin Gavrilescu wrote:
> I'm using the code from the example
> http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/index.html
> This works fine for html files. But for binary files the result is a
> corrupted file.
> I've run this in the console:
>>> Net::HTTP.start('localhost', 80){|http|File.open('result.mp3', 'w'){|f|http.g
> et('/crocodil2/adrian.mp3') {|str|f.write str}}}
> => #<Net::HTTPOK 200 OK readbody=true>
> The mp3 files is corrupted. It does not seem to be base64 encoded...
> help please.

The example works on *nix systems, but on Windoze, you must write the
file in binary mode: File.open('result.mp3', 'wb')

Clifford Heath.