method

get_response

v1_9_1_378 - Show latest stable - Class: Net::HTTP

get_response(uri_or_host, path = nil, port = nil, &block)

public

Send a GET request to the target and return the response as a Net::HTTPResponse object. The target can either be specified as (uri), or as (host, path, port = 80); so:

res = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse('http://www.example.com/index.html'))
print res.body

or:

res = Net::HTTP.get_response('www.example.com', '/index.html')
print res.body

# File lib/net/http.rb, line 384
    def HTTP.get_response(uri_or_host, path = nil, port = nil, &block)
      if path
        host = uri_or_host
        new(host, port || HTTP.default_port).start {|http|
          return http.request_get(path, &block)
        }
      else
        uri = uri_or_host
        new(uri.host, uri.port).start {|http|
          return http.request_get(uri.request_uri, &block)
        }
      end
    end

get_response

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