# How to execute URL in ruby on rails.?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-execute-url-in-ruby-on-rails/157893>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 16, 2009, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-execute-url-in-ruby-on-rails/157893 "2009-01-16T12:03:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![vikas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@vikas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vikas)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-execute-url-in-ruby-on-rails/157893/1 "2009-01-16T12:03:19Z")

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i have problem, how to excute a URL string in ruby.

Input ------\>

if i provide url in textfield named “song\_url” like  
“[mywebsite.com is available for purchase - Sedo.com](http://www.mywebsite.com/album/1/mysongs.html)”.  
and i click on submit button.

output -----\>  
it will give a string in which all html response is stored.

how i execute this url so that i process data from resulting html.

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**Author:** ![vikas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@vikas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vikas)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-execute-url-in-ruby-on-rails/157893/2 "2009-01-16T14:13:51Z")

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Vikas G. wrote:

> if i provide url in textfield named “song\_url” like  
> “[mywebsite.com is available for purchase - Sedo.com](http://www.mywebsite.com/album/1/mysongs.html)”.  
> and i click on submit button.
> 
> output -----\>  
> it will give a string in which all html response is stored.

Use Net::HTTP or open-uri. Examples posted here two days ago, see  
[http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/175661](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/175661)