Method: WWW::Mechanize#initialize

Defined in:
lib/www/mechanize.rb

#initialize {|_self| ... } ⇒ Mechanize

Returns a new instance of Mechanize.

Yields:

  • (_self)

Yield Parameters:



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# File 'lib/www/mechanize.rb', line 96

def initialize
  # attr_accessors
  @cookie_jar     = CookieJar.new
  @log            = nil
  @open_timeout   = nil
  @read_timeout   = nil
  @user_agent     = AGENT_ALIASES['Mechanize']
  @watch_for_set  = nil
  @history_added  = nil
  @ca_file        = nil # OpenSSL server certificate file

  # callback for OpenSSL errors while verifying the server certificate
  # chain, can be used for debugging or to ignore errors by always
  # returning _true_
  @verify_callback = nil
  @cert           = nil # OpenSSL Certificate
  @key            = nil # OpenSSL Private Key
  @pass           = nil # OpenSSL Password
  @redirect_ok    = true # Should we follow redirects?
  
  # attr_readers
  @history        = WWW::Mechanize::History.new
  @pluggable_parser = PluggableParser.new
  
  # Auth variables
  @user           = nil # Auth User
  @password       = nil # Auth Password
  @digest         = nil # DigestAuth Digest
  @auth_hash      = {}  # Keep track of urls for sending auth
  
  # Proxy settings
  @proxy_addr     = nil
  @proxy_pass     = nil
  @proxy_port     = nil
  @proxy_user     = nil
  
  @conditional_requests = true
  
  @follow_meta_refresh  = false
  @redirection_limit    = 20
  
  # Connection Cache & Keep alive
  @connection_cache = {}
  @keep_alive_time  = 300
  @keep_alive       = true

  @scheme_handlers  = Hash.new { |h,k|
    h[k] = lambda { |link, page|
      raise UnsupportedSchemeError.new(k)
    }
  }
  @scheme_handlers['http']      = lambda { |link, page| link }
  @scheme_handlers['https']     = @scheme_handlers['http']
  @scheme_handlers['relative']  = @scheme_handlers['http']
  @scheme_handlers['file']      = @scheme_handlers['http']

  @pre_connect_hook = Chain::PreConnectHook.new
  @post_connect_hook = Chain::PostConnectHook.new
  
  yield self if block_given?
end