Copying a file from HTTP to S3 via a local temp file in Ruby

gistfile1.rb

# This copies a file from HTTP to S3
require 'net/http'
require 'aws/s3'

http_url    = 'http://www.google.com/intl/en_com/images/srpr/logo1w.png'
http_domain = http_url.gsub('http://','').split('/')[0]
http_path   = '/' + http_url.gsub('http://','').split('/')[1..999].join('/')
file_name = File.basename(http_url)
s3_path = "path/to/new/#{file_name}"

# Storing the file locally in the tmp folder
tmpfile_path = File.join('.',File.basename(file_name))
Net::HTTP.start(http_domain) { |http|
  resp = http.get(http_path)
  File.open(tmpfile_path, "w") { |file|
    file.write(resp.body)
  }
}

AWS::S3::Base.establish_connection!(
  :access_key_id     => 'your_access_key_id',
  :secret_access_key => 'your_secret_access_key'
)

AWS::S3::S3Object.store(s3_path, open(tmpfile_path), 'your_bucket_name')