title: How to get data from a URL inside a rails controller?
body: <p>I have a controller method say</p>
  
  <pre><code>def my_method
   @gibbon = &lt;data needed&gt;
   render :something
  end
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and i have a URL say</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://exampleforme.com/example1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which returns a certain text, how to get this text inside my controller method from the URL?</p>
  
  <p>I am using rails 2.8</p>