# Open-uri and redirection

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-uri-and-redirection/74079>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 29, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-uri-and-redirection/74079 "2006-10-29T20:24:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![brad7a0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@brad7a0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brad7a0)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-uri-and-redirection/74079/1 "2006-10-29T20:24:15Z")

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According to the Pick Axe Book, open-uri automatically handles  
redirection for HTTP files, but I do not see this behavior. Here is an  
example from irb:

open(‘[http://some.web.site](http://some.web.site)’)  
RuntimeError: redirection forbidden: [http://some.web.site](http://some.web.site) →   
[https://some.web.site](https://some.web.site)

I would like for redirection to just work… any tips?

Thanks,  
Brad

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**Author:** ![brad7a0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@brad7a0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brad7a0)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-uri-and-redirection/74079/2 "2006-11-07T10:44:40Z")

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On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 04:24:18AM +0900, Brad T. wrote:

> Thanks,  
> Brad

Try using WWW::Mechanize. It will handle the redirects automatically  
for you.  
[http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/](http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/)