From: Ricky Winowiecki <slikstir@...>
Date: 2009-07-20T17:01:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Installing Curb Was: Re: ruby libcurl maintainer?

Md.elme focruzzaman Shuvo wrote:
> Ricky Winowiecki wrote:
>> I'm having this problem, was there ever a resolution to this?
> 
> I think curb is not built for windows. Once upon a time i was trying to 
> install that on my windows pc but that did not make any sense. So, I 
> leave it and go back to the net/http lib . it is a built in  library of 
> ruby. So if you can write a http request/response class using it than 
> your code will compilable  with any latest ruby built. The major 
> advantage of using net/http is that you do not need to install any 3rd 
> party library. Another fantastic tools for doing scraping with ruby is 
> machanize. You can use this too.
> 
> Regards,
> Shuvo.

Perhaps you could help with a net/http problem. I am trying to 
communicate with a server by sending the following post

POST /LabelService/EwsLabelService.asmx/GetPostageLabelXML HTTP/1.1
Host: www.envmgr.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length
labelRequestXML=<LabelRequest> ... </LabelRequest>


I hadn't been able to get it to work with net/http's post_form or post 
functions. I would always end up with a timeout or the server 
unexpectedly terminating my connection.

I asked for an example in ruby and they gave me the following

require "curl"
xml_request = "<LabelRequest Test=\"YES\" LabelType=\"Default\" 
LabelSize=\"4X6\" ImageFormat=\"GIF\"></LabelRequest>"
URL =
"https://www.envmgr.com/LabelService/EwsLabelService.asmx/GetPostageLabelXML"
c = Curl::Easy.http_post(URL, Curl::PostField.content('labelRequestXML',
xml_request))
c.follow_location = true
c.ssl_verify_host = false
puts c.body_str

Any ideas how I could accomplish this in net/http?
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