Ruby Download File via FTP Feb 18th, 2015 Download files from FTP server is quite easy using Ruby. Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 require 'net/ftp' ftp = Net::FTP.new ftp.connect("your_host_name.com", 21) ftp.login("your_username","your_password") ftp.chdir("/your_directory") ftp.passive = true ftp.getbinaryfile("your_source_file", "your_dest_file") So far so good, That’s it! See ya! :)