Rails fetch url

Question

How would I fetch a URL & its data in rails?

I've tried using open-uri:

@r = open("http://google.com/").read

This works for me in ruby but not in rails.

If you can suggest a better way to fetch a url (if there is one) let me know!

Answer 1

You need require 'open-uri' in order to use open on urls in Rails.