Thanks Fred, I checked it out, and you were right. Open-URI is required now, and it works like a charm.
Casen On Jan 24, 2:11 pm, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24 Jan 2009, at 10:39,cdubdwrote: > > > > > oh and I thought I should provide the error message itself: > > > NoMethodError (undefined method `read' for #<URI::HTTP:0x256f764>): > > URI does not have an read method. OpenURI adds one, so the logical > conclusion for me is that something in your environment has changed > that results in openuri not having been required when previously it was. > > Fred > > > > > On Jan 24, 1:41 am,cdubd<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey Everyone, > > >> I have a pretty interesting problem that I thought I would try and > >> get > >> some feedback on. The following method below accepts a URL string > >> as a > >> parameter ex "http://www.google.com,"; and it uses regular expressions > >> to try and find the images in the html. The odd thing is.... that I > >> have tested it over and over again.... and it has always grabbed the > >> images and worked exactly as I coded it too, but lately it has been > >> telling me that the URI class doesn't have a read method.... when it > >> must because I have been using it! > > >> I am just so confused why rails would suddenly have this issue, and I > >> am wondering if anyone can make heads or tails out of it. The code is > >> posted below. > > >> Thanks! > > >> <================== CODE ===========================================> > > >> def get_images(url) > >> @image_links = [] > > >> if validate_link(url) == false > >> return @image_links > >> end > > >> if ((url =~ /\.jpg/)||(url =~ /\.png/)||(url =~ /\.gif/)) == nil > >> begin > >> uri = URI.parse(url) > >> str = uri.read > >> host = uri.host > >> rescue SystemCallError > >> return @image_links > > >> end > > >> @body = str.scan(/<body.+<\/body>/) > >> @images = str.scan(/(src=\"http.+\.jpg?\")/) > >> str = @images.to_s > >> @images = str.scan(/\".+?\"/) > >> @image_links = filter_images(@images) > >> @image_links.push("no_image.jpg") > >> else > >> @image_links.push(url) > >> @image_links.push("no_image.jpg") > >> end > > >> return @image_links > >> end --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
