comp.lang.ruby

Aaron Patterson

7/3/2007 3:41:00 PM

On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 09:47:12PM +0900, Guest wrote:
> Hi, sorry for the repost, but I can't seem to reply without registering,
> and I can't seem to register... so I'm in quite a predicament (if
> there's a way to reply as a guest, please let me know)

Can't you subscribe to the mailing list?

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/community/mail...

>
> I was told this as a solution to my problem:
>
> > is it possible to download a file with a PHP hidden URL?
> >
> > when the link is clicked on in firefox, it will prompt the user to
> > either open or save, for example...
> >
> > http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/b2a4a221-2590-486f-a314-469a4721e1ed/?id=118...
> >
> > how can i download this file using ruby?
>
> require "open-uri"
>
> File.open("my.mp3","wb") do |file|
> file << open("http://...")
> end
>
> however, this only works for files that are located directly at that
> location i.e. http://random.../random.mp3, not for php hosted files like
> the examle I had given. Please help!

It looks like you need to log in to the site before you can download
that file, correct? If that is the case, I suggest using
WWW::Mechanize. It lets you fill out forms, and manages cookies and
redirects for you.

http://mechanize.ruby...

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Aaron Patterson
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