> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Patterson [mailto:aaron_patterson / speakeasy.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:00 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: Trying to download files using WWW::Mechanize
> 
> 
> Hey Dan.
> 
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 03:16:45AM +0900, Berger, Daniel wrote:
> > How do I grab a particular file and load it into memory or onto the 
> > local filesystem?  I tried using the 'text' method (based on the 
> > examples file) but that didn't seem to work for me.
> > 
> 
> I misread the question the first time, so I'll try again!  
> The text method helps you match the text displayed.  For 
> example, a url that looks like this:
> 
> Hello World!
> 
> Would be found like this:
> 
>   page.links.text('Hello World!').first
> 
> Mechanize returns an array because there could be multiple 
> links that have that text.  You can also use a regular 
> expression like this:
> 
>   page.links.text(/Hello World!/).first
> 
> Or, say you need to find all files whose 'href' ends in 
> '.csv', you could do this:
> 
>   page.links.href(/\.csv$/).each { |link|
>     puts agent.click(link).body
>   }
> 
> Hope this helps!

Your last post actually led to a solution, but this still helps me as it
narrows down the links I have to traverse.

Thanks again!

Dan


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