comp.lang.ruby

Roger Pack

4/29/2008 6:57:00 PM

google for rexml, and maybe look around for some XML posts that look
right and try and recreate them [?]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Elijah Odumosu <eodumosu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am really new to Ruby and here is my dilemma. I need to write a
> ruby-cgi (.rb) script that just spits back pre-formatted XML. Basically,
> my script would accomplish the following:
>
> a.) Read in your form variables (name-value pair).
> b.) Construct the right xml block.
> c.) Submit the XML to BaseCamp API.
>
> I have an interface to implement step c. However, as a start, I
> implemented "step a" (as shown below). It simply reads in my HTML-input
> fields (via submit from HTML-form to the script) and POST it to the
> server as "raw" text.
>
> #!c:\ruby\bin\ruby
> require "cgi"
> require 'rexml/document'
> include REXML
>
> cgi = CGI.new
> response = String.new
>
> #loop thru each name-value paired-element and save them in response
> cgi.params.each_pair{|key, value|
> response += "name = #{key}, value = #{value}<br/>"
> }
>
>
> cgi.out("charset" => "utf-8",
> "type" => "text/html") {
> response
> }
>
>
> produces:
>
> name = location5, value = Code for Location 5
> name = ScoutArea, value = Add New Resource
> name = FriendlyResponse, value = 9
> name = ForceNewBug, value = 9
> name = ScoutDefaultMessage, value = Thank you for submitting your issue.
> The request has been logged in the Issue Tracking System and will be
> handled in priority order.
> name = resourceURL, value = http:/...
> name = Extra, value = This is a test
> name = location1, value = Code for Location 1
> name = location2, value = Code for Location 2
> name = resourceAnnotation, value = This is a test
> name = location3, value = Code for Location 3
> name = resourceType, value = Type
> name = location4, value = Code for Location 4
> name = ScoutProject, value = Project Name
> name = ScoutUserName, value = John Doe
> name = resourceTitle, value = New drugs for Type II Diabetes Patients
> name = Description, value = Add New Resource: New drugs for Type II
> Diabetes Patients
>
>
> "Step b" is to convert the "posted" text to a pre-formated XML block
> that will be submitted to BaseCamp API (step c).
>
>
> When I changed cgi-out to xml type shown below (with the rest of the
> script the same)
>
> cgi.out("charset" => "utf-8",
> "type" => "text/xml") {
> response
>
> it produces the following error message:
>
> XML Parsing Error: syntax error
> Location: http://mystuff/cgi-bin/Submitter.rb
> Line Number 1, Column 1:
>
> name = location5, value = Code for Location 5<br/>name = ScoutArea,
> value = Add New Resource<br/>name = FriendlyResponse, value = 1<br/>name
> = ForceNewBug, value = 1<br/>name = ScoutDefaultMessage, value = Thank
> you for submitting your issue. The request has been logged in the Issue
> Tracking System and will be handled in priority order.<br/>name =
> resourceURL, value = http:/...<br/>name = Extra, value =
> ^
>
> QUESTION: I went through Ruby Standard Library and found some REXML
> class-method, but I am not familiar with which one to use and how to use
> them, yet.
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