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Check if remote url exists
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url_exists.rb
def remote_url_exists?(url)
begin
url = URI.parse(url)
Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) do |http|
return http.head(url.request_uri).code == "200"
end
rescue
false
end
end
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