From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2012-09-08T15:50:23+09:00
Subject: Re: OpenURI open method problem


On Sep 7, 2012, at 21:26 , 7stud -- <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

>> Still, the op's question remains unanswered: why doesn't open-uri follow
>> all those redirects?
> 
>>> it can:
> 
> According to the docs, open-uri follows redirects by default.   So 
> according to the docs, open-uri can follow redirects, but the fact 
> remains it doesn't in this case.  Why?

Because it redirects with invalid URI's:

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10000 % ruby -ropen-uri -e 'URI.parse(ARGV.shift).read' "http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5329913-10538037?url=http://www.6pm.com/rock-n-roll-cowgirl-woven-tunic-red"
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:436:in `split': bad URI(is not URI?): http://www.apmebf.com/l8122ar-zH/ry2/GFKINFIM/KIHOOGI/F/F/F?b=k1ys%3Do00w%25AH%259M%259M333.Dwt.jvt%259Myvjr-u-yvss-jv3npys-3v2lu-01upj-ylk<<o00w%3A%2F%2F333.qkvxvj5.jvt%3AF7%2Fjspjr-CA9GG8A-87CAF7AE<<N<< (URI::InvalidURIError)
	from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:485:in `parse'
...
	from -e:1

10001 % curl -I !$
curl -I "http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5329913-10538037?url=http://www.6pm.com/rock-n-roll-cowgirl-woven-tunic-red"
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Server: Resin/3.1.8
P3P: policyref="http://www.jdoqocy.com/w3c/p3p.xml", CP="ALL BUS LEG DSP COR ADM CUR DEV PSA OUR NAV INT"
Cache-control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:48:03 GMT
Location: http://www.apmebf.com/nj121lnwvD/nuz/CBGEJBEI/GEDKKCE/B/B/B?g=i85z%3Dv773%25HO%25GT%25GTAAA.K30.q20%25GT52qy-1-52zz-q2Auw5z-A29s1-781wq-5sr<<v773%3A%2F%2FAAA.xr242qC.q20%3AME%2Fqzwqy-JHGNNFH-FEJHMEHL<<U<<
Content-Type: text/html
Connection: close
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:48:03 GMT