How do I get the destination URL of a shortened URL using Ruby?

Question

How do I take this URL http://t.co/yjgxz5Y and get the destination URL which is http://nickstraffictricks.com/4856_how-to-rank-1-in-google/

Answer 1

You would have to follow the redirect. I think that would help :

http://shadow-file.blogspot.com/2009/03/handling-http-redirection-in-ruby.html