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Question

Answer 1

+6 A:


require "open-uri"

open("your-url") {|f|
   File.open("whatever_file.jpg","wb") do |file|
     file.puts f.read
   end
}

Geo 2009-07-02 13:25:48

You need to add "require 'open-uri'" for this to work.

Keltia 2009-07-02 13:26:35

yeah, I forgot to add it in the first version.

Geo 2009-07-02 13:27:55

tangentially, if you're on Windows (unlike the OP), you'll need to open the file in binary mode: File.open(filename, 'w').binmode do |file| ...

glenn jackman 2009-07-02 18:08:17

Good observation. I'll update the answer.

Geo 2009-07-02 20:44:55

Answer 2

A:

The same way you download anything else. Net::HTTP

David Dorward 2009-07-02 13:26:15

Answer 3

+1 A:

%x(wget http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/218926700_ecedc5fef7_o.jpg)

or

`wget http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/218926700_ecedc5fef7_o.jpg`

Maximiliano Guzman 2009-07-02 13:29:17

this is not portable.

Geo 2009-07-02 13:29:53

maybe. But he asked something that would work on Mac.

Maximiliano Guzman 2009-07-02 13:31:15

Answer 4

A:

The easiest way would be to require open-uri and use that with the previous answer or use the also supplied Net::HTTP module with its get method.

Keltia 2009-07-02 13:29:41

How to download a picture using ruby