A simple script to scrap a set of jira issues from Jira. You should always use the "printable" url of the filter you pass.

scrap_jira_issues.rb

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'

def extract_updates(url)
  html = Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(url))
  doc = Hpricot(html)
  table = doc.search("//*[@id='issuetable']")
  table.search("//*[@class='nav duedate']").remove
  table.search("//*[@class='nav progress']").remove
  table.search("//*[@class='nav created']").remove
  table.search("//*[@class='nav issuekey']").remove
  table.search("//*[@class='colHeaderLink headerrow-issuekey']").remove
  table.search("//*[@class='colHeaderLink headerrow-created']").remove
  table.search("//*[@class='colHeaderLink headerrow-duedate']").remove
  table.search("//*[@class='colHeaderLink headerrow-progress']").remove
  puts table
end