From: David Thole <dthole@...>
Date: 2010-05-20T03:05:29+09:00
Subject: Re: VISIT A URL PROGRAMATICALLY

I'm not sure specifically what you're trying to do.  If you're trying to
interact with a web sit, maybe Mechanize would be a better option of
something to use?

http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/mechanize/

-David 

kevid <alumsimportant@yahoo.ca> writes:

> 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??

-- 
David
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