require 'net/http' # The library we need
host = 'www.example.com' # The web server
path = '/index.html' # The file we want
http = Net::HTTP.new(host) # Create a connection
headers, body = http.get(path) # Request the file
if headers.code == "200" # Check the status code
# NOTE: code is not a number!
print body # Print body if we got it
else # Otherwise
puts "#{headers.code} #{headers.message}" # Display error message
end
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