How to open a file in ruby?

How to open a file in ruby?
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Is this anything you had in mind? You just need the direct URL of the image. If that’s not what you mean, could you maybe try to be a tad more specific? Or clear. I’m not sure I understand completely. Sorry! Hope that does help though. :P
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