From: Jim Menard <jimm@...>
Date: 2001-12-21T23:34:12+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:29227] HTTP POST

I'm having a problem with HTTP POST under Ruby 1.6.4 and 1.6.5.
The code

    data = "?hello=world"
    Net::HTTP.start(HOST, PORT) { | http |
	response, = http.post2(PATH, data)
	puts response.body
    }

always prints an empty body. The response['content-type'] is what I expect
("text/html"). However, GET works. When I execute the following code, I see
the expected response body text.

    data = "?hello=world"
    Net::HTTP.start(HOST, PORT) { | http |
	response, = http.get2(PATH + data)
	puts response.body
    }

I know that the Net::HTTP module is under transition. Is this expected
behavior?

Jim
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