From: Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@...>
Date: 2006-01-23T11:59:44+09:00
Subject: Net::HTTP post

Can someone point me to an example of sending a POST request using Net::HTTP?

I found one at http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/classes/Net/HTTP.html,
but this use the method post_data which, when I look at the source in
http.rb, is not a method of Net::HTTP. Maybe it's outdated
documentation.

This is what I've tried. I suspect I'm not passing the form data
correctly. The response is a Net::HTTPBadRequest.

---

require 'net/http'

host = 'www.runningbuzz.com'
Net::HTTP.start(host) do |http|

  data = {
    'CalcWhat' => '2',
    'timeH'    => '2',
    'timeM'    => '57',
    'timeS'    => '17',
    'distance' => '26.2',
    'optDist'  => 'miles',
    'optPace'  => 'miles'
  }

  response = http.post('pace_calculator.htm', data)

  puts response.body
end

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R. Mark Volkmann
Partner, Object Computing, Inc.