# How to post form data to a servlet using ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-post-form-data-to-a-servlet-using-ruby/124195>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 26, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-post-form-data-to-a-servlet-using-ruby/124195 "2007-12-26T09:38:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![pradeepta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pradeepta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pradeepta)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-post-form-data-to-a-servlet-using-ruby/124195/1 "2007-12-26T09:38:39Z")

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HI ,

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How can i post form data to a servlet program using ruby .I am

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using the code

```
      req.set_form_data({ 't1' => 'David', 't2' => 'hello' })

```

where t1 and t2 are names of text field in html page

where url = URI.parse(‘[http://localhost:8080/Dev/CookieExample](http://localhost:8080/Dev/CookieExample)’)

and CookieExample is the servlet

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**Author:** ![pradeepta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pradeepta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pradeepta)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-post-form-data-to-a-servlet-using-ruby/124195/2 "2007-12-27T06:39:34Z")

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> ```
> How can i post form data to a servlet program using ruby .
> 
> ```

There should be some useful documentation on [RDoc Documentation](http://ruby-doc.org/core) for the  
Net::HTTP library for performing a POST request.