Stories from the Web Crawling trenches in Net::HTTP

Downloading Images from URLs in Ruby

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: May 5, 2024

Learn how to download images from URLs using Ruby with OpenURI, Net::HTTP, HTTParty, Down, and Faraday.

Web Scraping New York Times News Headlines in Ruby

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Dec 6, 2023

Web scraping allows automatic data extraction from websites. This article demonstrates web scraping using Ruby, Nokogiri, and Net::HTTP. It covers CSS selectors, handling errors, and overcoming IP blocks.

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