fetcher

fetcher - Fetch Text Documents or Binary Blobs via HTTP, HTTPS

• home :: github.com/rubycoco/webclient
• bugs :: github.com/rubycoco/webclient/issues
• gem :: rubygems.org/gems/fetcher
• rdoc :: rubydoc.info/gems/fetcher
• forum :: groups.google.com/group/wwwmake

Usage

Copy (to File)

Fetcher.copy( 'https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt', '/tmp/bl.txt' )

or

worker = Fetcher::Worker.new
worker.copy( 'https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt', '/tmp/bl.txt' )

Read (into String)

txt = Fetcher.read( 'https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt' )

or

worker = Fetcher::Worker.new
txt = worker.read( 'https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt' )

Note: The method read will return a string.

Get (HTTP Response)

response = Fetcher.get( 'https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt' )

or

worker = Fetcher::Worker.new
response = worker.get( 'https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt' )

Note: The method get will return a Net::HTTPResponse object (lets you use code, headers, body, etc.).

puts response.code             # => '404'
                               #  Note: Returned (status) code is a string e.g. '404'
puts response.message          # => 'Not Found'
puts response.body
puts response.content_type     # => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
puts response['content-type']  # => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
                               #  Note: Headers are always downcased
                               #        e.g. use 'content-type' not 'Content-Type'

Command Line

fetch version 0.5.0 - Lets you fetch text documents or binary blobs via HTTP, HTTPS.

Usage: fetch [options] URI
    -o, --output PATH                Output Path (default is '.')
    -v, --verbose                    Show debug trace


Examples:
  fetch https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt
  fetch -o downloads https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt

Install

Just install the gem:

$ gem install fetcher

Real World Usage

The slideshow (also known as Slide Show (S9)) gem that lets you create slide shows and author slides in plain text using a wiki-style markup language that's easy-to-write and easy-to-read ships with the fetcher gem.

The pluto gem that lets you build web pages from published web feeds ships with the fetcher gem.

The sportdb gem that lets you read football (soccer) fixtures and more in plain text ships with the fetcher gem.

License

The fetcher scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.