Handling files from the internet

open-url.rb

require 'open-uri'
require 'securerandom'

url = 'http://bntp-production.imgix.net/uploads/photos/file/14/4a902ce7e2.jpg'

file = open(url)

puts file.class
# at this point you can read from it and use it just like
# the file you read from disk
# puts file.read

# optional if you want to save the file
file_on_disk_path = "/Users/r38y/Desktop/yeah-#{SecureRandom.hex(5)}.jpg"
File.open(file_on_disk_path, 'w') {|f|
  f.write(file.read)
}
puts "check out #{file_on_disk_path}!"