EfficientDownloader

This is a very simple library that takes a bit of pain out of downloading files in Ruby. Helpful things that it does:

1. If the response code is 301 or 302, it pulls out the redirect header and follow it.

2. It downloads a stream and writes to disk chunk by chunk, so the file doesn't get loaded into memory. With very big files, this is a good thing.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "efficient_downloader"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install efficient_downloader

from = "https://location.on.the/internet.mp4"
to = "/tmp/location/on/a/drive.mp4"
begin
  EfficientDownloader.download(from, to)
rescue FileDownloadError => e
  puts "Nice try, but this happened... #{e.message}"
end

Feel free to fork and raise a pull request.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/carlosmartinez/efficient_downloader. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Everyone interacting in the EfficientDownloader project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.