On Sep 14, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Erwin wrote: > Thanks Philip, this is better .. it seems a little bit more > complicated that I thought > > I need to get a file that I download from this url.... this not the > file url, but an html page to download the file > attachment['url'] :: "http://www.pivotaltracker.com/resource/download/ > 579633" > > and then pass the encoded content of the downloaded file as data > into the xml , so it'll become an attachment for another ticketing > system.... > > =>, the open(remote_file ).read doesn't give me the file, but the > html... > > so, I need to to : > 1 - 'execute' http://www.pivotaltracker.com/resource/download/579633 > to get and store the file locally
I'm not understanding what this step means... I've never used pivotaltracker though.. does going to that page result in a file being downloaded? Is the download the HTTP response? Or triggered somehow else? If it's the response open-uri should be able to handle it. I don't recall how well open-uri handles redirects so double check that. -p > 2- read the file locally , encode it and pass the content as a value > in the xml > > > any idea on how to do that ? > > > > > > On 14 sep, 19:39, Philip Hallstrom <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I am trying to send data from a remote file attachment.... >>> ------- >>> attachment['url'] = "http://www.mydomain.com/resource/download/54643"; >> >>> I wrote a class RemoteFile < ::Tempfile to fetch to remote data >>> ------ >>> remote_file = RemoteFile.new(attachment['url'] ) >>> so, I get a tempfile >>>>> #<File:/var/folders/NK/NKfWCW3eEVCg0ERnpPsnME+++TI/-Tmp-/ >>> 93806edfbb0daf7303347d7faaffc2d0f5b22a1d20100914-5545-1y66mt8-0> >> >>> now I would like to pass the content of this temp file as a base64 >>> value >>> ... >>> ticketing_xml << "<value><base64>#{ tmp_data }</base64></value>" >>> ... >> >>> how should I do write the tmp_data ? >> >>> should I use : open(remote_file ).read >> >> Sure. If these remote files are big, your Rails processes are going to eat >> a lot of ram. >> >> Instead of reading things into a temp file first, look into open-uri so you >> can simply read it directly from the remote host into your xml string... >> >> -philip > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
