Http#get return 404 error

Ruby
1

Hi,

I tried to use

http#get(“About the MLA | Modern Language Association”)

to obtain the page, but it returns a 404 error. However, using browser
works fine.

I guess the server uses “struts” or similar framework. Would anyboby
tell me how to solve this problem.

Regards

Lian

2

“L” == Lian Y. [email protected] writes:

L> I guess the server uses “struts” or similar framework. Would anyboby
L> tell me how to solve this problem.

Just display the page which is given and you’ll see that it’s the same
than
the page retrieved by your browser

Guy Decoux

3

“J” == Jacob F. [email protected] writes:

J> I do, however, find it odd that trying to use wget does indeed result
in
J> a 404:

The server returns 404 : just ignore it :slight_smile:

Guy Decoux

4

On 6/13/06, Lian Y. [email protected] wrote:

I tried to use

http#get(“About the MLA | Modern Language Association”)

to obtain the page, but it returns a 404 error. However, using browser
works fine.

Like Guy, I’m able to get the page as so[1]:

require ‘net/http’
require ‘uri’

url = URI.parse(‘About the MLA | Modern Language Association’)
res = Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) {|http|
http.get(‘/index.html’)
}
puts res.body

I do, however, find it odd that trying to use wget does indeed result in
a 404:

$ wget About the MLA | Modern Language Association
–10:52:42-- About the MLA | Modern Language Association
=> `about’
Resolving www.mla.org… 209.11.11.22
Connecting to www.mla.org|209.11.11.22|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not found
10:52:43 ERROR 404: Not found.

Odd, that.

Jacob F.

[1] I wasn’t sure what “http#get” you were referring to, so I chose
the most applicable example from the net/http documentation, net/http
being part of the standard library. If this doesn’t match your usage,
please explain more about which library you are using, particularly
with a code example.