Question

I need to import a file from a link from a website with a text file using Ruby.

I can import the entire text into a single variable (I didn’t include my specific link):

text = Net::HTTP.get( URI.parse( "http://www.link.com/text.txt" ) )

but I don’t know how to import line by line into the database. I need to be able to read it like an array, like this:

text.each do |line|
  Thing.create :variable => line
end

That code would save each line into the database in the “things” table as “variable”. If this were my text file:

abc
def
ghi
jkl

This is what the table should look like in the database:

things

id variable
1  abc
2  def
3  ghi
4  jkl

Once again, I need to know how to import a text file from a website (not a disk drive) to achieve the above result. Thanks.

Answer 1

I would split the data on newlines and then call each.

text = Net::HTTP.get( URI.parse( "http://www.link.com/text.txt" ) )
text.split("\n").each do
    ...
end

I would then use the Mysql2 gem to insert the values into your database.

db = Mysql2::Client.new(connection_params)
db.query(insert_statement)