From: Mike Wilson <wmwilson01@...>
Date: 2004-01-09T05:11:07+09:00
Subject: [Semi-OT] http connecting to netflix

I was poking around, thinking about creating something to manipulate my 
netflix queue, but I'm having a heck of a time with this.  A simple connect 
yields "" instead of content.

<code>
$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'net/http'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> Net::HTTP::Proxy("myproxy", 80).start("www.netflix.com") do 
|http|
irb(main):003:1*    response , = http.get("/Default")
irb(main):004:1> end
=> [#<Net::HTTPFound 302 readbody=true>, ""]
</code>

No content though.  If I substitute "www.netflix.com/Default" for 
"slashdot.org/index.pl", I get content.  Additionally, if I do something 
like

<code>
irb(main):003:1*    response , = http.get("/FooBar")
</code>

I get the same response ([#<Net::HTTPFound 302 readbody=true>, ""]).

I understand that I'm dealing maybe with servlets or something, but I'm not 
sure how to address them (obviously).  Just thought someone might be bored 
and might have an idea how to do this.

Thanks!

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