From: Matthew Smillie <M.B.Smillie@...>
Date: 2006-01-04T19:23:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Net::HTTP.post_form method undefined?

On Jan 4, 2006, at 9:42, Alex Fenton wrote:

> itsme213 wrote:
>> I'm trying to do a POST using net/http.
>> r = Net::HTTP.post_form(u,{'volumectrl'=>'-20'})
>> I get:
>> NoMethodError: undefined method `post_form' for Net::HTTP:Class
>>         from (irb):5
>
> What ruby version are you running? I ran into this same problem  
> last week, and it was because the standard stdlib documentation (on  
> ruby-doc) refers to ruby 1.9, where the post_form method exists. It  
> doesn't exist in ruby 1.8. Annoying huh?

It exists in 1.8.3, it would seem:

[Prospero:~] matt% ruby -v
ruby 1.8.3 (2005-09-21) [powerpc-darwin8.3.0]
[Prospero:~] matt% ruby
require 'net/http'
puts Net::HTTP.methods.include?("post_form")
true

I've used it with no problems at all, in the same basic format as the  
original poster.

matthew smillie.