Net::HTTP - How can I open a link with adress?

Question

I need to open this link with Net::HTTP:

"http://localhost:9292/something"

Terminal:

http = Net::HTTP.new("http://localhost",9292)
=> #<Net::HTTP http://localhost:9292 open=false>

How can I open this link, any idea?

Also, what is wrong with the plethora of examples in [the documentation](http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.0/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/Net/HTTP.html)? — Quentin, Mar 27 '13 at 10:58
I need to go to this link: "http://localhost:9292/login". With Net::HTTP I can go only to "http://localhost:9292". How can I go to ".../login"? — Kurt Russell, Mar 27 '13 at 11:01
What do you want to go to the link (obviously **you** can't go. Do you want to fetch the data and put it in a ruby string? Do you want to send the browser there? Something else?) — Quentin, Mar 27 '13 at 11:16

Stefan · Answer 1 · 2013-03-27T11:31:01.590

2

You can use open-uri:

require 'open-uri'
contents = open('http://localhost:9292/login') {|f| f.read }

Or with Net::HTTP:

require 'net/http'
uri = URI('http://localhost:9292/login')
contents = Net::HTTP.get(uri)

edited Mar 27 '13 at 11:31

answered Mar 27 '13 at 11:10

Stefan

1 Answers1