@imperator

uri_parse_invalid_uri.rb

# Fix uri's with only 1 '/' in them
require 'uri'

module URI
  class << self
    alias parse_orig parse

    def parse(string)
      unless string.include?("//")
        string[string.index('/')] = "//" if string.include?("http")
      end
      parse_orig(string)
    end
  end
end

uri = URI.parse('http:/www.google.com')
p uri.host # => www.google.com