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February 18, 2012 21:14
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HTTP fetch breaks
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require 'uri' | |
require 'net/http' | |
# From http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/Net/HTTP.html#method-c-get_response | |
# Does not fully work! | |
def fetch(uri_str, limit = 10) | |
# You should choose a better exception. | |
raise ArgumentError, 'too many HTTP redirects' if limit == 0 | |
response = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI(uri_str)) | |
case response | |
when Net::HTTPSuccess then | |
response | |
when Net::HTTPRedirection then | |
location = response['location'] | |
puts "redirected to #{location}" | |
fetch(location, limit - 1) | |
else | |
response.value | |
end | |
end | |
response_1 = fetch "http://www.facebook.com" #Works fine | |
puts response_1.inspect | |
response_2 = fetch "http://apps.facebook.com/pickoffgame" #Explodes | |
puts response_2.inspect |
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