open-uri is not redirecing http to https

Question

I am using Hpricot and OpenURI to parse webpages and extract URLs from them.

When I get a link like \"http:rapidshare.com\", it is not redirecting to https. This is

Answer 1

See this Ruby bug report for a discussion of why you're experiencing this issue. See this gist for a monkey patch to OpenURI to allow "unsafe" redirects.