From: mcobrien@...
Date: 2006-07-28T17:30:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Posting remote forms / Getting content off the web

Hey!

Welcome to ruby! The Net/HTTP library is probably what you're looking
for:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/index.html

Also, you've no doubt seen it already, but just in case:

http://www.rubycentral.com/book/

cheers
Michael

Casey Wilson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I learned of Rails, and then Ruby and thought I'd much rather work with
> the language itself first and not the framework.
>
> So here I am in need of expanding a cron I have that currently updates a
> few of my sites. The cron is a simple BASH script that will call the
> ruby script in from a FOR loop. What I'm looking for right now is a way
> to connect to the remote sites via Ruby, submit my changes to them via
> POST etc.
>
> It will require the script to log in first.
>
> If you could point me to the right area of the docs I would be very
> greatful.
>
> Hopefully one day I'll be able to help others as they come to the forum.
>
> Thank you for your time.
> 
> -Casey
> 
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