Comments on: open-uri and can’t convert Hash into String http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/ Transmitting ideas, observations, and images from 42,000 km. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:15:16 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 By: Bashar http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/comment-page-1/#comment-330533 Bashar Sat, 09 Oct 2010 08:40:00 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/#comment-330533 YEP... Worked as you hoped for :) YEP… Worked as you hoped for :)

]]> By: Anders Carlsen http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/comment-page-1/#comment-294573 Anders Carlsen Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:24:22 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/#comment-294573 obvius thanks :-) obvius
thanks :-)

]]> By: Pat http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/comment-page-1/#comment-279444 Pat Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:03:24 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/#comment-279444 Thank you! I ran into a very similar problem (can't convert URI::HTTP into String) b/c I'd forgotten to require open-uri. /doh indeed. Thank you! I ran into a very similar problem (can’t convert URI::HTTP into String) b/c I’d forgotten to require open-uri. /doh indeed.

]]> By: When open-uri can’t convert Hash into String — another time it happens « catapult-creative.com http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/comment-page-1/#comment-278962 When open-uri can’t convert Hash into String — another time it happens « catapult-creative.com Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:20:24 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/#comment-278962 [...] It’s not calling the part you might think — the piece where it asks if the name can be converted to a string and if it conforms to a loose URI regex pattern. It’s instead calling it with the original, version of open, the one that the Kernel class provides so you can easily open files and URLs (but without all the tasty options given you by OpenURI). This error gets thrown unhelpfully by Kernel when you try to use open outside the context of OpenURI (as this guy points out). [...] [...] It’s not calling the part you might think — the piece where it asks if the name can be converted to a string and if it conforms to a loose URI regex pattern. It’s instead calling it with the original, version of open, the one that the Kernel class provides so you can easily open files and URLs (but without all the tasty options given you by OpenURI). This error gets thrown unhelpfully by Kernel when you try to use open outside the context of OpenURI (as this guy points out). [...]

]]> By: rob http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/comment-page-1/#comment-272564 rob Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:35:38 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/#comment-272564 DUDE! Thank god I googled this issue...such a rookie mistake...I can't believe I wasted 30 minutes trying to debug otherwise perfect code. Thanks so much! DUDE!

Thank god I googled this issue…such a rookie mistake…I can’t believe I wasted 30 minutes trying to debug otherwise perfect code.

Thanks so much!

]]> By: Andy Watts http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/comment-page-1/#comment-208641 Andy Watts Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:07:45 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/#comment-208641 Googled and got your post. /doh. I forgot to require 'open-uri' Thankyou. Googled and got your post.
/doh. I forgot to require ‘open-uri’
Thankyou.

]]> By: Peter http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/comment-page-1/#comment-78649 Peter Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:36:09 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/open-uri-and-cant-convert-hash-into-string/#comment-78649 Or you can use something like <a>scRUBYt!</a> - basic authentication is not yet supported in the present version, but will be added with the next release. Or you can use something like scRUBYt! – basic authentication is not yet supported in the present version, but will be added with the next release.

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