# Description Enables following a series of redirects (shortened urls) # Prerequisites Tested on Ruby 1.9.3 & 2.0 (likely still works on 1.8.7, but you are on your own.) # Example Code require 'unwind' follower = Unwind::RedirectFollower.new('http://j.mp/xZVND1') follower.resolve assert_equal 'http://ow.ly/i/s1O0', follower.final_url assert_equal 'http://j.mp/xZVND1', follower.original_url assert_equal 2, follower.redirects.count # Hat tip Most of the code is based on John Nunemaker's blog post [Following Redirects with Net/HTTP](http://railstips.org/blog/archives/2009/03/04/following-redirects-with-nethttp/). # License Provided under the Do Whatever You Want With This Code License.