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Created April 18, 2013 19:07
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download.rb
def download_file(url)
uri = URI(url)
Rails.logger.info("Downloading evidence #{id} from filepicker.io")
Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.path)
http.request(request) do |response|
file = File.new('evidence')
file.binmode
response.read_body do |chunk|
file.write chunk
end
file.close
end
end
end
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