fetcher - Fetch Text Documents or Binary Blobs via HTTP, HTTPS

• home :: github.com/geraldb/fetcher
• bugs :: github.com/geraldb/fetcher/issues
• gem :: rubygems.org/gems/fetcher
• rdoc :: rubydoc.info/gems/fetcher
• forum :: groups.google.com/group/webslideshow

Description

Usage

Copy (to File)

Fetcher.copy( 'https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt', '/tmp/bl.txt' )

or

worker = Fetcher::Worker.new
worker.copy( 'https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt', '/tmp/bl.txt' )

Read (into String)

txt = Fetcher.read( 'https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt' )

or

worker = Fetcher::Worker.new
txt = worker.read( 'https://raw.github.com/openfootball/at-austria/master/2013_14/bl.txt' )

Install

Just install the gem:

$ gem install fetcher

Real World Usage

The slideshow (also known as Slide Show (S9)) gem that lets you create slide shows and author slides in plain text using a wiki-style markup language that's easy-to-write and easy-to-read ships with the fetcher gem.

The sportdb gem that lets you read football (soccer) fixtures and more in plain text ships with the fetcher gem.

License

The fetcher scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.