require 'net/http/persistent' module LinkThumbnailer class Fetcher attr_accessor :url def fetch(url, redirect_count = 0) if redirect_count > LinkThumbnailer.configuration.redirect_limit raise ArgumentError, "too many redirects (#{redirect_count})" end self.url = url.is_a?(URI) ? url : URI(url) if self.url.is_a?(URI::HTTP) http = Net::HTTP::Persistent.new('linkthumbnailer') http.headers['User-Agent'] = 'linkthumbnailer' resp = http.request(self.url) case resp when Net::HTTPSuccess; resp.body when Net::HTTPRedirection; fetch(resp['location'], redirect_count + 1) else resp.error! end end end end end