From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2008-03-29T12:33:16+09:00
Subject: Re: HTTP GET requests in a Ruby CGI Script

Ben Aroia wrote:
> Website: http://unchartedmess.com/plaingoogle
> I've attached the script code and the website is listed above. I'm
> working on a google frontend that filters the resulting html code from
> the google searches and displays a list of plaintext links. This is for
> some automation programs I am also working on.
> Is there a way (or work-around) to run a Net::HTTP.get_response inside a
> CGI script. 

Sure.  What problems are you having?  The following ruby script works 
for me using Apache as my web server:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'net/http'
url = "http://www.google.com"
resp = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(url) )

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"
print "<div>The following is google's web page:</div>\n"
print resp.body


I put that file in the directory:

/Library/Apache2/cgi-bin

Subsequently, I can call that ruby script using the url:

http://localhost/cgi-bin/ruby_test.rb

For instance, if I load this html page in my browser:

<html>
<head>
<title>Ruby cgi test</title>
</head>
<body>

<div>
<a href="http://localhost/cgi-bin/ruby_test.rb">click me</a>
</div>

</body>
</html>

and then I click on the link, the ruby script executes and my browser 
displays:

The following is google's web page:
<google home page is displayed here>



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