# HTTP client to post XML RAW\_DATA to restful API

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-client-to-post-xml-raw-data-to-restful-api/195077>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 16, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-client-to-post-xml-raw-data-to-restful-api/195077 "2010-09-16T14:06:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![cnicolaou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cnicolaou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cnicolaou)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-client-to-post-xml-raw-data-to-restful-api/195077/1 "2010-09-16T14:06:12Z")

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Hey

I am trying to find out how to send an XML in string as RAW\_DATA to a  
RESTful API.

I found out a couple of libraries (Nestful, Restfulclient, curb) but  
wasn’t able to send the content properly as you’d send it from Rails  
Functional tests @request.env[‘RAW\_POST\_DATA’] = xml.to\_s

Any suggestions?

Costa

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**Author:** ![cnicolaou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cnicolaou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cnicolaou)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-client-to-post-xml-raw-data-to-restful-api/195077/2 "2010-09-16T15:10:27Z")

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Costa Nicolaou wrote:

> Any suggestions?

restclient can do this. Otherwise, just use Net::HTTP directly.

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**Author:** ![cnicolaou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cnicolaou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cnicolaou)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-client-to-post-xml-raw-data-to-restful-api/195077/3 "2010-09-17T09:10:16Z")

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Brian C. wrote:

> Costa Nicolaou wrote:
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> > Any suggestions?
> 
> restclient can do this. Otherwise, just use Net::HTTP directly.

Cheers for that

Any examples? although the docs are quite good, it is not clear how to  
send the XML string as RAW\_DATA

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**Author:** ![cnicolaou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cnicolaou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cnicolaou)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-client-to-post-xml-raw-data-to-restful-api/195077/4 "2010-09-17T09:23:19Z")

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Costa Nicolaou wrote:

> Brian C. wrote:
> 
> > Costa Nicolaou wrote:
> > 
> > > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > restclient can do this. Otherwise, just use Net::HTTP directly.
> 
> Cheers for that
> 
> Any examples? although the docs are quite good, it is not clear how to  
> send the XML string as RAW\_DATA

Which, restclient or Net::HTTP?

Both take a string as an argument for the body data to post. A string is  
raw data.

So I suggest you start by writing some code, preferably as a small  
standalone program. If it fails then you can show the code and the  
complete error message you see.