open-uri is not redirecing http to https
hpricot, open-uri, ruby, rubygems
Solution
See this Ruby bug report for a discussion of why you're experiencing this issue. See this gist for a monkey patch to OpenURI to allow "unsafe" redirects.
Problem
I am using Hpricot and OpenURI to parse webpages and extract URLs from them. When I get a link like "http:rapidshare.com", it is not redirecting to https. This is the error I got: ``` /home/leonidus/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/open-uri.rb:216:in `open_loop': redirection forbidden: http:.................=> https:......................... . . ``` I tried to use the exception handler `OPENURI::HTTPREDIRECT` but then again I am getting the same error. I tried all the blogs but it is not resolved there also.