Ruby (the language) gives you a few possibilities for connecting to a
remote server. For your needs you’ll probably want Net::HTTP, also
check out the excellent open-uri. Both are included in the standard
Ruby dist, so just do:
Rails (the framework) also comes with a library for consuming REST
based webservices, so if that’s your thing you should check it out,
it’s called active_resource.
/Jonas
P.S.: Some years ago two guys called Larry and Sergei started a rather
nifty website which helps in researching this sort of thing. Can’t
seem to remember the name, has a lot of o’s in it though.
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