net/http and binary files

[Constantin Gavrilescu]

I'm using the code from the example
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/index.html for the
http/net library:

File.open('result.txt', 'w') {|f|
http.get('/~foo/') do |str|
f.write str
end
}


This works fine for html files. But for binary files the result is a
corrupted file.
I've run this in the console:et('/crocodil2/adrian.mp3') {|str|f.write str}}}
=> #<Net::HTTPOK 200 OK readbody=true>

The mp3 files is corrupted. It does not seem to be base64 encoded...
help please.

 

[Clifford Heath]

I'm using the code from the example
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/index.html
This works fine for html files. But for binary files the result is a
corrupted file.
I've run this in the console:
et('/crocodil2/adrian.mp3') {|str|f.write str}}}
=> #<Net::HTTPOK 200 OK readbody=true>
The mp3 files is corrupted. It does not seem to be base64 encoded...
help please.

The example works on *nix systems, but on Windoze, you must write the
file in binary mode: File.open('result.mp3', 'wb')

Clifford Heath.

 

[Constantin Gavrilescu]

The example works on *nix systems, but on Windoze, you must write the
file in binary mode: File.open('result.mp3', 'wb')

Wonderful. Forgot about that... Thank you.