From: Michael Morin <uzimonkey@...>
Date: 2009-06-29T23:27:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Get file from web page that require user and pass

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Kga Agk<lord_kga@yahoo.no> wrote:
> I want to connect to a web site that require user name and password.
> This adress holds a file, like a txt, image pdf and so on. I want to get
> this payload. (Only going to check if the file is is empty or not).
>
>
> I Have tryed a billion different ways, but i cant get it to work. I get
> errors and stuff. The last error is like this.
>
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:560:in `initialize': getaddrinfo: Name or
> service not known (SocketError)
>  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:560:in `open'
>  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:560:in `connect'
>  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:53:in `timeout'
>  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:93:in `timeout'
>  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:560:in `connect'
>  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:553:in `do_start'
>  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:542:in `start'
>  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1035:in `request'
>  from waste/waste.rb:20:in `get_feed'
>
> And here i even tryed a code som other guy made, it is on this site:
> http://blog.patrick-morgan.net/2007/02/ruby-https-with-http-basic-auth.html
>
>
> So how do i get the file that are stored on a web page that require
> username and password?
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I address authentication in my Twitter articles.  Here's one that show
you how to use basic_auth.

http://ruby.about.com/od/networking/qt/tweetruby.htm

Without seeing your code, it's hard to say where exactly you went wrong.