From: kevid <alumsimportant@...>
Date: 2010-05-11T00:25:24+09:00
Subject: VISIT A URL PROGRAMATICALLY

hi all,

i have the code below;

require 'rexml/document'
require 'open-uri'
open('http://api.evdb.com/rest/users/login?app_key=ct2hJqTCg4XLCP5h')
{ |f|
  $res = REXML::Document.new(f.read)
}

the xml data that is read is;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<error string="Authorization Required">
  <nonce>6984053721</nonce>
  <description>Please supply a user authentication response using the
nonce provided.</description>
</error>

QUESTIONS

1.  how do i get the value of nonce         (i.e.  6984053721  )

2. is there another way of visiting the url  "http://api.evdb.com/rest/
users/login?app_key=ct2hJqTCg4XLCP5h"
     without using open-uri as in above


thoughts??