# Script to visit a page **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 7, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-to-visit-a-page/97556 "2006-07-07T21:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-to-visit-a-page/97556/1 "2006-07-07T21:36:54Z")
I am pretty new to scripting in general and ruby and rails in particular. I need to visit a list of URLs and grep for a certain word on those pages. How would I go about doing this in Ruby? Would appreciate some pointers. Thanks! -A ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-to-visit-a-page/97556/2 "2006-07-07T21:40:15Z")
On 7/7/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I am pretty new to scripting in general and ruby and rails in > particular. I need to visit a list of URLs and grep for a certain word > on those pages. How would I go about doing this in Ruby? Would > appreciate some pointers. There are examples of how to do this in the pickaxe. Google for “open-uri” and/or “Ruby Net::HTTP” for examples. It’s basic stuff. -austin ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-to-visit-a-page/97556/3 "2006-07-07T21:43:37Z")
Search this group: there have been several treatments of this question. Ken