Fetch a website through Tor

tor_http.rb

# brew install tor / apt-get install tor
# follow the instructions to start the tor server

# gem install socksify

require 'socksify/http'

uri = URI.parse('http://rubyforge.org/')
# 9050 is the tor port
Net::HTTP.SOCKSProxy('127.0.0.1', 9050).start(uri.host, uri.port) do |http|
  http.get(uri.path)
end