# How to connect to other server (Like cURL in php) in Ruby on **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 30, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-connect-to-other-server-like-curl-in-php-in-ruby-on/110727 "2007-07-30T10:58:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amjith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Amjith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amjith)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-connect-to-other-server-like-curl-in-php-in-ruby-on/110727/1 "2007-07-30T10:58:14Z")
hi Friends, i am a new programmer in Ruby On Rails, i need a help regarding connecting to other server as cURL in php in ROR. so i hope got my query. that is i need to connect my page to other server to reteive some information on that server. so how can i so that job in RoR? give me a help please! thanks and regards. Amjith PS removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid +91 9388880335 ---
**Author:** ![Amjith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Amjith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amjith)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-connect-to-other-server-like-curl-in-php-in-ruby-on/110727/2 "2007-07-30T11:36:16Z")
Hi Amjith, 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: require ‘rubygems’ require ‘open-uri’ thepage = open(‘[http://someurl.com/mypage](http://someurl.com/mypage)’) 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.