SSL/HTTPS request redirect follow

gistfile1.rb

  def get_redirected_page(url)
    uri = URI.parse(url)
    if uri.scheme == "https"
      http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
      http.use_ssl = true
      http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
      request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
      response = http.request(request)
      response['location']
    else
      Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)['location']
    end
  end