root_relative_filter.rb

require 'uri'

class RootRelativeFilter < HTML::Pipeline::Filter

  def call
    doc.search("img").each do |img|
      next if img['src'].nil?
      src = img['src'].strip
      if src.start_with? '/'
        img["src"] = URI.join(context[:base_url], src).to_s
      end
    end
    doc
  end

end