From: zeeboo <zbethem@...>
Date: 2008-02-16T04:34:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Net::HTTP and handling 302 Redirect

On Feb 14, 7:48 pm, Rk Ch <rollingwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I meet two kinds of redirect: "Location" response and <META
> HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH"> tag.
>
> Here's my solution:
> ================================================
> require 'net/http'
> require 'net/https'
>
> http = Net::HTTP.new('www.microsoft.com', 80)
> resp, data = http.get('/',nil)
>
> #1."Location" response redirect...
> if resp.response['Location']!=nil then
>   puts 'Direct to: ' + resp.response['Location']
>   redirectUrl=resp.response['Location']
> end
>
> #2.<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH"> tag redirect...
> redirectUrl=data.scan(/<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"REFRESH\" CONTENT=\"0;
> URL=(.*)\">/).to_s
> if redirectUrl!=nil then
>   puts 'Direct to: ' +redirectUrl
> end
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Looks like #1 is all I have to deal with for this particular site. The
code definitely got me further, but still in the dark.

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postReq object created
#<Net::HTTP::Post:0x2ed8e90>posting to new url..
<- "POST /main/authorization/signIn HTTP/1.1\r\nAccept: */*\r\nContent-
Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\nContent-Length: 2\r\nHost:
zbcrazy.ning.com\r\n\r\n"
<- c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:174:in `write0': undefined
method `dump' for #<Net::HTTP::Post POST> (NoMethodError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:151:in `write'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:166:in `writing'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:150:in `write'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1549:in
`send_request_with_body'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1534:in `exec'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1057:in `request'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:854:in `post'
        from BACKUPning_send.rb:62
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:547:in `start'
        from BACKUPning_send.rb:46

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