The error will be generated anytime when the server doesn't want to talk to you, eg. because of auth failure or service outage.
And about basic auth, actually it's only one of the many ways to authenticate on the web, and I'm sure that Google Account protected services support it. Probably the only way to fullfil such request is to emulate a browser request and store all cookies & headers the google will set. But it won't be easy, if possible at all. So you'll better find an API way to access the service, either don't scrap such URLs. And also I'm quite sure that it violates Google Terms. Dmitry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
