# Absolutely lost with URI/Net/HTTP

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/absolutely-lost-with-uri-net-http/108391>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 3, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/absolutely-lost-with-uri-net-http/108391 "2007-07-03T02:00:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![guest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@guest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/guest)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/absolutely-lost-with-uri-net-http/108391/1 "2007-07-03T02:00:42Z")

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is it possible to download a file with a PHP hidden URL?

when the link is clicked on in firefox, it will prompt the user to  
either open or save, for example…

[http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/b2a4a221-2590-486f-a314-469a4721e1ed/?id=1183359840917](http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/b2a4a221-2590-486f-a314-469a4721e1ed/?id=1183359840917)

how can i download this file using ruby?

or if that isn’t possible, to tell firefox to open that url?

thanks!

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**Author:** ![guest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@guest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/guest)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/absolutely-lost-with-uri-net-http/108391/2 "2007-07-03T02:20:38Z")

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On 7/2/07, Guest [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> is it possible to download a file with a PHP hidden URL?
> 
> when the link is clicked on in firefox, it will prompt the user to  
> either open or save, for example…
> 
> [http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/b2a4a221-2590-486f-a314-469a4721e1ed/?id=1183359840917](http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/b2a4a221-2590-486f-a314-469a4721e1ed/?id=1183359840917)
> 
> how can i download this file using ruby?

require “open-uri”

File.open(“my.mp3”,“wb”) do |file|  
file \<\< open(“[http://www.es](http://www.es)…”)  
end

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**Author:** ![guest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@guest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/guest)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/absolutely-lost-with-uri-net-http/108391/3 "2007-07-03T02:22:38Z")

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On 7/2/07, Gregory B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > how can i download this file using ruby?
> 
> require “open-uri”
> 
> File.open(“my.mp3”,“wb”) do |file|  
> file \<\< open(“[http://www.es](http://www.es)…”)  
> end

whoops, that should be open(“http://…”).read