require 'net/http'
def get_web_document(url)
uri = URI.parse(url)
response = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
case response
when Net::HTTPSuccess:
return response.body
when Net::HTTPRedirection:
return get_web_document(response['Location'])
else
return nil
end
end
puts get_web_document('http://www.rubyinside.com/test.txt')
puts get_web_document('http://www.rubyinside.com/non-existent')