require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
module Net
class HTTP
def HTTP.get_with_headers(uri, headers=nil)
uri = URI.parse(uri) if uri.respond_to? :to_str
start(uri.host, uri.port) do |http|
path_query = uri.path + (uri.query ? ('?' + uri.query) : '')
return http.get(path_query, headers)
end
end
end
end
uncompressed = Net::HTTP.get_with_headers('http://www.cnn.com/')
uncompressed.body.size