# Convert Python sample code to Ruby

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 23, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/convert-python-sample-code-to-ruby/83097 "2007-01-23T17:36:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/convert-python-sample-code-to-ruby/83097/1 "2007-01-23T17:36:15Z")

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Hi,  
Can some one conver the following sample code to RUBY please?  
Many Thanks.

import urllib  
import urllib2  
from xml.dom import minidom

user=“YourUserName”  
password=“YourPassword”

site=‘[https://test.api.betfairgames.com/rest/v1/bet/order](https://test.api.betfairgames.com/rest/v1/bet/order)’  
site=site+“?username=”+user

xml\_request1=“”“  
  
BACK  
2.6  
4  
658439  
  
”“”

values = {‘xmlRequest’:xml\_request}  
data=urllib.urlencode(values)

req=urllib2.Request(site)  
req.add\_header(‘Content-Type’, ‘application/x-www-form-urlencoded’)  
req.add\_header(‘gamexAPIAgent’,‘removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid.4.0’)  
req.add\_header(‘gamexAPIAgentInstance’,‘0d69ee8290ee2f9b336c1f060e3497a5’)  
req.add\_header(‘gamexAPIPassword’,password)  
req.add\_header(‘Keep-Alive’,‘300’)  
req.add\_header(‘Proxy-Connection’,‘keep-alive’)  
req.add\_header(‘Content-Type’,‘application/x-www-form-urlencoded’)  
req.add\_header(‘Content-Length’,str(len(data)))  
req.add\_data(data)

xmlresult = urllib2.urlopen(req)  
xmlparser = minidom.parse(xmlresult)

print xmlparser.toxml()