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require 'net/http'

module Anemone
  class HTTP < Net::HTTP
    # Maximum number of redirects to follow on each get_response
    REDIRECTION_LIMIT = 5
    
    #
    # Retrieve an HTTP response for *url*, following redirects.
    # Returns the response object, response code, and final URI location.
    # 
    def self.get(url, referer = nil)      
      response = get_response(url, referer)
      code = Integer(response.code)
      loc = url
      
      limit = REDIRECTION_LIMIT
      while response.is_a?(Net::HTTPRedirection) and limit > 0
          loc = URI(response['location'])
          loc = url.merge(loc) if loc.relative?
          response = get_response(loc, referer)
          limit -= 1
      end

      return response, code, loc
    end
    
    #
    # Get an HTTPResponse for *url*, sending the appropriate User-Agent string
    #
    def self.get_response(url, referer = nil)
      full_path = url.query.nil? ? url.path : "#{url.path}?#{url.query}"
      user_agent = Anemone.options.user_agent rescue nil
      
      opts = {}
      opts['User-Agent'] = user_agent if user_agent
      opts['Referer'] = referer.to_s if referer

      Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) do |http|
        return http.get(full_path, opts)
      end
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

1 entries across 1 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
anemone-0.2.0	lib/anemone/http.rb