Can ruby support send http request or call other programs written in like c or c# or Java?

Rails
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hello, everyone,
I am developping a website using Ruby on Rails which need to go to
another website to get some information to update my own database.
Does ruby have similar function support like in c#:WebRequest.Create
Request.GetResponse();
And how I call other programs in Rails?

Many thanks,

Lily

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Off the top of my head, open-uri may do what you need, if it’s really
quick and simple.

http://www.juretta.com/log/2006/08/13/ruby_net_http_and_open-uri/