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Upload a file from a remote URL

hello.rb

 def get_remote_file(uri)
    require 'open-uri'
    begin
      uploadedfile = nil
      open(uri) do |remote|
        uploadedfile = StringIO.new(remote.read)
        filename = File.basename(uri)
        (class << uploadedfile; self; end).class_eval do
          define_method(:local_path) { "" }
          define_method(:original_filename) { filename }
          define_method(:content_type) { "application/octet-stream" }
        end
      end
      return uploadedfile
    rescue
      return ""
    end
  end