comp.lang.ruby

Bojan Mihelac

8/22/2006 6:24:00 AM

Bojan Mihelac wrote:
> Hello,
> I am loosing myself with Net:HTTP class, following
> HowToRenderProxiedPages article I cannot make post method to proxy
> parameters to web page.
>
>
> require 'net/http'
> ### p.php <?php print_r($_POST)?>
>
> ### 1. does not work
> response = Net::HTTP.start('localhost', 80) { |http|
> http.post('/p.php', 'query=ruby')
> }
> puts response
>
> ### 2. works
> response = Net::HTTP.post_form(URI.parse('http://localhost/p.php'), {
> "query" => "ruby"})
> puts response
>
>
> Can anyone please explain me why the first one doesn't work? (I am using
> Ruby 1.8.4, tested both linux and win)
>
> thanx,
> Bojan Mihelac
>
>
>
>
thnx Mike L. for solution:

headers['content-type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' if method
=='POST'
http.post('/p.php', 'query=123ruby', headers)

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