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

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 10, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-ruby-support-send-http-request-or-call-other-programs-written-in-like-c-or-c-or-java/134380 "2008-04-10T11:44:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![lily](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/97f17d/32.png) [@lily](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lily)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-ruby-support-send-http-request-or-call-other-programs-written-in-like-c-or-c-or-java/134380/1 "2008-04-10T11:44:44Z")

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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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**Author:** ![lily](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/97f17d/32.png) [@lily](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lily)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-ruby-support-send-http-request-or-call-other-programs-written-in-like-c-or-c-or-java/134380/2 "2008-04-12T23:10:30Z")

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