From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2008-04-30T03:56:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Converting HTML input data to pre-format XML data

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://stuff.com
>  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://stuff.com<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.
>  --
>  Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>