How to fix bad URI is not URI [duplicate]
Solution 1:
This url is not valid, but it works in browser because browser itself is less strict about special characters like :, /, etc.
You should encode your URI first
encoded_url = URI.encode(url)
And then parse it
URI.parse(encoded_url)
Solution 2:
Addressable::URI is a better, more rfc-compliant replacement for URI:
require "addressable/uri"
Addressable::URI.parse(url).host
#=> "ferrari-view.4me.it"
gem install addressable first.