From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2010-03-30T19:52:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby web service.

bradphelan wrote:
> However I see two ways of doing constructing the POST/PUT body.
> 
> (a) Posting the XML parameter as the body of the post using an XML
> content type
> (b) Using URL encoding and setting a parameter
> 
> xml=<foo>...</foo>
> 
> Can I choose either approach or do I need to support both?

It's your app and your users, so you get to choose :-) But (a) is the 
standard way to handle XML uploads.

If you want to handle form data, note that Rack/Sinatra/Rails support 
nested form elements, so for example

a[b][c]=1&a[b][d]=2

will give you params = {"a"=>{"b"=>{"c"=>"1","d"=>"2"}}}
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