method

read_body

v1_8_7_72 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: Net::HTTPResponse

read_body(dest = nil, &block) public

Gets entity body. If the block given, yields it to block. The body is provided in fragments, as it is read in from the socket.

Calling this method a second or subsequent time will return the already read string.

  http.request_get('/index.html') {|res|
    puts res.read_body
  }

  http.request_get('/index.html') {|res|
    p res.read_body.object_id   # 538149362
    p res.read_body.object_id   # 538149362
  }

  # using iterator
  http.request_get('/index.html') {|res|
    res.read_body do |segment|
      print segment
    end
  }

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# File lib/net/http.rb, line 2165
    def read_body(dest = nil, &block)
      if @read
        raise IOError, "#{self.class}\#read_body called twice" if dest or block
        return @body
      end
      to = procdest(dest, block)
      stream_check
      if @body_exist
        read_body_0 to
        @body = to
      else
        @body = nil
      end
      @read = true

      @body
    end

read_body

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