From: Alex Stahl <astahl@...5.com>
Date: 2010-08-03T06:55:37+09:00
Subject: Re: How to save session using open-uri

Try using Mechanize.  It will handle all the session & cookie detail for
you.

On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 16:46 -0500, Arpit Tandon wrote:
> I am trying to pull out some information from a site.
> 
> There are 2 steps involved in order to get data from site. The first
> step is a translation of the some user id to THEIR id. After the
> translation is complete,use THEIR id to pull out information. This first
> page is performing the translation step and is then forwarding the
> results to the tool page.
> I am able to get the first page but cant save session to resubmit the
> information.
> It is required that the resubmission must be within the original api
> session as necessary session variables are also set in that first step.
> 
> How can i keep session alive?
> 
> Arpit