Wget

Download files from the internet with ease. It's a wrapper around the standard Ruby net/http library. Large files are downloaded in chunks to avoid memory issues.

Why use this gem? The net/http library is verbose and can be tricky for newcomers.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'wget'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install wget

Use the Wget.call method to download a file from the internet. The method takes two arguments: the URL of the file to download and the filename to save the file as. The method will download the file and save it with the specified filename.

Refer to the example below:

filename = "test.md"
url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/widefix/actual_db_schema/refs/heads/main/README.md"
Wget.call(url, filename)

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/wget. 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 Wget project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.