http_client_temp.rb

require 'socket'
require 'uri'

class HttpClient
  include Socket::Constants
  
  def initialize(uri)
    @parsedURI = parseURI(uri)
    @socket = Socket.new(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)
    socketAddress = Socket.pack_sockaddr_in(80,@parsedURI[2])
    @socket.connect(socketAddress)
  end
  
  def parseURI(uri)
    return URI.split(uri)
    
  end
  
  def getStream
    @socket.print("GET #{@parsedURI[5]} HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n")
    output = @socket.read
    puts output
  end


end

if __FILE__ == $0
    testClient = HttpClient.new(ARGV[0])
    testClient.getStream
end