looks like open-uri can do it:
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/open-uri/rdoc/OpenURI/OpenRead.html :progress_proc parameter
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looks like open-uri can do it:
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/open-uri/rdoc/OpenURI/OpenRead.html :progress_proc parameter