From: Andrew Timberlake <andrew@...>
Date: 2009-01-14T12:15:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Downloading an MP3 from the internet

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Nathaniel Escribano <americaskate@gmail.com
> wrote:

> I am trying to write a simple script that downloads a music file from the
> internet.
> For example: if i want to download
>
> http://cdn.stereogum.com/mp3/My%20Morning%20Jacket%20-%20Celebration%20(Live).mp3<http://cdn.stereogum.com/mp3/My%20Morning%20Jacket%20-%20Celebration%20%28Live%29.mp3>
> how exactly would you do it?
>
> I found someone who was able to download a flickr photo using this script:
>
> require 'net/http'
>
> Net::HTTP.start("farm1.static.flickr.com") { |http|
>    resp = http.get("/92/218926700_ecedc5fef7_o.jpg")
>    open("fun.jpg", "wb") { |file|
>    file.write(resp.body)
>    }
> }
> puts 'Downloaded'
>
> With a slight modification shouldn't this work for the music file?
> What makes downloading a photo any different than an mp3 file?
>
> require 'net/http'
>
> Net::HTTP.start("cdn.stereogum.com") { |http|
>    resp = http.get("/mp3/My Morning Jacket - Celebration (Live).mp3")
>    open("Celebration.mp3", "wb") { |file|
>    file.write(resp.body)
>    }
> }
> puts "the song has been downloaded"
>
> Why doesn't it work? What needs to be changed?
> Any help would be great! Thanks.
>

Probably because you're not encoding the path

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