# Need help with Net::HTTP Post **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 26, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-net-http-post/161405 "2009-02-26T08:39:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sudhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@sudhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sudhi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-net-http-post/161405/1 "2009-02-26T08:39:18Z")
Hi, I am trying do a Net::HTTP post, the post returns with a 201 Created but still the thread executing the script is stuck until Read Timeout occurs. Need help to understand how to comeout of the Post when a response is obtained. The code snippet I am using is as below fd= File.open(“test.xml”,“rb”) h = Net::HTTP.new("", 8080) h.post(’/test/test1’,fd.read) Thanks for the help in advance Regards, Sudhi ---
**Author:** ![sudhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@sudhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sudhi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-net-http-post/161405/2 "2009-02-26T14:22:22Z")
Sudhi K. wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying do a Net::HTTP post, the post returns with a 201 Created but > still the thread executing the script is stuck until Read Timeout > occurs. Need help to understand how to comeout of the Post when a > response is obtained. The code snippet I am using is as below > > fd= File.open(“test.xml”,“rb”) > h = Net::HTTP.new("", 8080) > h.post(’/test/test1’,fd.read) How do you know the post returns with a 201, if it isn’t getting past the h.post line? Best way to find out what’s going on is with tcpdump or wireshark. It’s possible that there’s some HTTP/1.1 nastiness going on, e.g. one side thinks the connection should remain open whilst the other thinks it should be closed, possibly combined with a missing Content-Length: header from one side or the other. ---
**Author:** ![sudhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@sudhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sudhi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-net-http-post/161405/3 "2009-02-26T14:54:11Z")
Brian C. wrote: > Sudhi K. wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying do a Net::HTTP post, the post returns with a 201 Created but > > still the thread executing the script is stuck until Read Timeout > > occurs. Need help to understand how to comeout of the Post when a > > response is obtained. The code snippet I am using is as below > > > > fd= File.open(“test.xml”,“rb”) > > h = Net::HTTP.new("", 8080) > > h.post(’/test/test1’,fd.read) > > How do you know the post returns with a 201, if it isn’t getting past > the h.post line? > > Best way to find out what’s going on is with tcpdump or wireshark. > > It’s possible that there’s some HTTP/1.1 nastiness going on, e.g. one > side thinks the connection should remain open whilst the other thinks it > should be closed, possibly combined with a missing Content-Length: > header from one side or the other. Hi, That is exactly what I had done, Wireshark shows that the response is obtained as 201 created but then the script still continues to wait… Thanks, Sudhi ---
**Author:** ![sudhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@sudhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sudhi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-net-http-post/161405/4 "2009-02-26T21:00:23Z")
Sudhi K. wrote: > That is exactly what I had done, Wireshark shows that the response is > obtained as 201 created but then the script still continues to wait… OK, so post the full, exact headers of both the request and the response. If the response contains a Content-Length: header, check that the response body has exactly that many bytes (counting after the \r\n\r\n which terminates the headers)