require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

proxy_addr = 'localhost'
proxy_port = 8118

url = URI.parse('http://shlrm.org/baconflowchartvj8.jpg')

Net::HTTP::Proxy(proxy_addr, proxy_port).start(url.host)   do |request|
  puts "Connected to teh proxy"
  # connected to mah proxy
  to_save = url.path.split(/\//)[-1]
  File.open("c:\\" + to_save, 'wb') do |f|
    puts "opened file"
    request.request_get(url.path) do |response|
      content_length = Integer(response['content-length'])
      total_count = 0
      response.read_body do |str|
        if str.length > 0 then
          total_count += str.length
          print "Complete: #{total_count} of #{content_length}:  "
          puts "%4f" % (1.0*total_count/content_length*100)
        end
        f.write str
      end
    end
    puts "Written file"
  end
  puts "done connecting"
end
puts "all done"