Error when using URI.escape in ruby
ruby
Solution
`URI.escape` just escapes it, and nothing else. You need an actual instance of a `URI` to pass to `get_response`:
uri = URI.parse(URI.escape("http://google.com/?this is a string with spaces"))
Problem
I'm trying to simply escape an URL with spaces and then do a GET request to that URL in Ruby. The error I have is ``` /Users/user/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:393:in `get_response': undefined method `host' for "http://google.com/?this%20is%20a%20stromg%20with%20spaces":String (NoMethodError) from test_url.rb:6:in `<main>' ``` This is the current code ``` require 'rubygems' require 'net/http' uri = URI.escape("http://google.com/?this is a string with spaces") res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri) puts res.body if res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess) Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port) do |http| request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri.request_uri response = http.request request # Net::HTTPResponse object end ```