Server 3.0 update

#http://localhost:4567/url_num/%5Burl_here%5D

=begin

########PERL 5 CODE###########
#use warnings;
#use strict;
#use HTTP::Server::Simple;
#my $server = HTTP::Server::Simple->new();
#$server->run();
##############################
=end

=begin
    Before you fully understand this, you ought to learn Perl, at least a little, but I will try to help in every way, shape, and form.
=end

require 'sinatra'


=begin
THIS PART OF THE SCRIPT WORKS FINE ON ITS OWN.
$accumulator=0

#words=IO.readlines("numerology_chase.txt")

words=open("code.txt",&:read).split("")

#File.open("numerology_chase.txt").each_line do |line|

for i in words
$accumulator += i.to_i
end

accumulator_data = $accumulator.to_s


numerology=accumulator_data.split("")
$i=0
for i in numerology
    $i+=i.to_i
end

puts "And the number is: #{$i}"

=end

before do #do this before anything happens, just to be certain
    content_type :text
    require 'mechanize'
end


#for require 'mechanize'
def numerology(url) #mechanize has the capability of logging into websites,
                    #data mining, among other things, especially downloading using "read=agent.get(url)"
        agent=Mechanize.new
        read = agent.get(url)
        save_as = read.save_as("webpage_#{Random.rand(0..(10**100+10*100)).to_s}_.html") #save this as a random webpage
        return save_as   #everyone will understand this, but you don't even need to return anything, all you need in a single line is "save_as"
end

#$page_counter=0
get '/url_num/*' do
    a=numerology("#{params[:splat].shift}".sub!(/\//,'//')) #convert the wrong url back into http:// from http:/,
                                                            #as far as I can remember.
    file_name=a
    $accumulator=0 #global variable

    words=open("#{file_name}",&:read).split("") #open, read, then split the downloaded file into individual bytes

    for i in words
        $accumulator += i.to_i #add up all the char bytes; ascii==numbers
    end

    accumulator_data = $accumulator.to_s #convert to string


    numerology=accumulator_data.split("")
    $i=0
    for i in numerology
        $i+=i.to_i
    end

    "And the number is: #{$i}"

    #numerology_proc=$agent.get("#{params[:splat]}")
    #"You passed in #{numerology_proc.inner_html}"
end
=begin
{loading spaghetti code}
set :views, File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/public' #set views to ./html (current directory/html)
def load_pictures
    Dir.glob("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/*.{jpg,JPG,gif,GIF,PNG}")
end

get '/' do

    @pictures = load_pictures

    erb :index
end
=end