# HTTP post to a differnt port + no content type response **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 8, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-post-to-a-differnt-port-no-content-type-response/81416 "2007-01-08T23:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alexr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@alexr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-post-to-a-differnt-port-no-content-type-response/81416/1 "2007-01-08T23:20:46Z")
Hello everyone, I’m trying my first ruby script here. What I am trying to do is sending an SMS using Kannel, for this Kannel runs an script in an specific port(13013). Basically you do a HTTP post like this: [http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms?username=tester&password=foobar&from=444&to=44440295&smsc=mysmsc&text=hello+world](http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms?username=tester&password=foobar&from=444&to=44440295&smsc=mysmsc&text=hello+world) and i get an SMS in my mobile. I’m trying the following: #!/usr/bin/ruby require ‘net/http’ require ‘uri’ res = Net::HTTP.post\_form(URI.parse(‘[http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms](http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms)’), { ‘user’=\>‘tester’, ‘pass’=\>‘foobar’, ‘from’=\>‘444’, ‘to’=\>‘44440295’, ‘smsc’=\>‘mysmsc’, ‘text’=\>‘Test from ruby!’ }) puts res.body But i get the following Error: “Invalid content-type” I have also tried without the puts res.body part as the response from Kannel is a plain text response. I am thinking that the error is that I am trying to post in the port 13013? Can someone please guide me on how to achieve this? Thank you alejandro ---
**Author:** ![alexr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@alexr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-post-to-a-differnt-port-no-content-type-response/81416/2 "2007-01-09T00:17:00Z")
On 1/8/07, Alejandro R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m trying the following: > ‘smsc’=\>‘mysmsc’, > > I am thinking that the error is that I am trying to post in the port > 13013? > > Can someone please guide me on how to achieve this? Hi, different port should not be a prolem. I think your problem is that you are trying to use POST method (HTTP.post\_form) while what you really want is GET (at least your first example implies that). So try #!/usr/bin/ruby require ‘net/http’ require ‘uri’ uri = URI.parse(‘[http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms](http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms)’) uri.set\_query( ‘user’=\>‘tester’, ‘pass’=\>‘foobar’, ‘from’=\>‘444’, ‘to’=\>‘44440295’, ‘smsc’=\>‘mysmsc’, ‘text’=\>‘Test from ruby!’) res = Net::HTTP.get(uri), puts res.body I have not tested this, so maybe you’ll need to fix this. ---
**Author:** ![alexr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@alexr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-post-to-a-differnt-port-no-content-type-response/81416/3 "2007-01-09T00:29:45Z")
Jan S. wrote: > On 1/8/07, Alejandro R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > I’m trying the following: > > ‘smsc’=\>‘mysmsc’, > > > > I am thinking that the error is that I am trying to post in the port > > 13013? > > > > Can someone please guide me on how to achieve this? > > Hi, > > different port should not be a prolem. I think your problem is that > you are trying to use POST method (HTTP.post\_form) while what you > really want is GET (at least your first example implies that). > > So try > > #!/usr/bin/ruby > require ‘net/http’ > require ‘uri’ > > uri = URI.parse(‘[http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms](http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms)’) > uri.set\_query( ‘user’=\>‘tester’, ‘pass’=\>‘foobar’, ‘from’=\>‘444’, > ‘to’=\>‘44440295’, ‘smsc’=\>‘mysmsc’, ‘text’=\>‘Test from ruby!’) > > res = Net::HTTP.get(uri), > puts res.body Or #!/usr/bin/ruby require ‘open-uri’ p open(“[http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=tester&pass=foobar&from=444&to=3423424&smsc=mysmsc&text=test](http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=tester&pass=foobar&from=444&to=3423424&smsc=mysmsc&text=test) from ruby”) -.rb ---
**Author:** ![alexr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@alexr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexr)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-post-to-a-differnt-port-no-content-type-response/81416/4 "2007-01-10T00:24:02Z")
On 1/9/07, Alejandro R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thank you Jan and Rodrigo for taking the time to answer! > > I’ve tried Rodrigo’s version and it worked fine! But i am curious as of > the error i get from Jan’s version: > > protected method `set\_query’ called for #URI::HTTP:0xb7f6ed90 > (NoMethodError) > > I have looked of the set\_query Method but there is not much info there. > What could be the cause of this? I see… as I said, I haven’t tried the code myself. Maybe try just uri.query=, although I don’t know what format it takes. Try either hash or string. Or look it up in the sources 😉 ---
**Author:** ![alexr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@alexr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-post-to-a-differnt-port-no-content-type-response/81416/5 "2007-01-09T18:06:00Z")
Thank you Jan and Rodrigo for taking the time to answer! I’ve tried Rodrigo’s version and it worked fine! But i am curious as of the error i get from Jan’s version: protected method `set\_query’ called for #URI::HTTP:0xb7f6ed90 (NoMethodError) I have looked of the set\_query Method but there is not much info there. What could be the cause of this? again thanks! Alejandro Rodrigo B. wrote: > Jan S. wrote: > > > On 1/8/07, Alejandro R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > I’m trying the following: > > > ‘smsc’=\>‘mysmsc’, > > > > > > I am thinking that the error is that I am trying to post in the port > > > 13013? > > > > > > Can someone please guide me on how to achieve this? > > > > Hi, > > > > different port should not be a prolem. I think your problem is that > > you are trying to use POST method (HTTP.post\_form) while what you > > really want is GET (at least your first example implies that). > > > > So try > > > > #!/usr/bin/ruby > > require ‘net/http’ > > require ‘uri’ > > > > uri = URI.parse(‘[http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms](http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms)’) > > uri.set\_query( ‘user’=\>‘tester’, ‘pass’=\>‘foobar’, ‘from’=\>‘444’, > > ‘to’=\>‘44440295’, ‘smsc’=\>‘mysmsc’, ‘text’=\>‘Test from ruby!’) > > > > res = Net::HTTP.get(uri), > > puts res.body > > Or > > #!/usr/bin/ruby > require ‘open-uri’ > p > open(“[http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=tester&pass=foobar&from=444&to=3423424&smsc=mysmsc&text=test](http://192.168.10.204:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=tester&pass=foobar&from=444&to=3423424&smsc=mysmsc&text=test) > from ruby”) > > -.rb