# Net::HTTP working on Windows, but not Unix **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 2, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-working-on-windows-but-not-unix/75895 "2006-03-02T21:04:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-working-on-windows-but-not-unix/75895/1 "2006-03-02T21:04:19Z")
We have an odd problem at work today. Running the following code on Windows XP gives us a CVV2 error, which is what we expect (we didn’t give one). However, running the same code on Linux or OS X gets a complaint that we didn’t provide the key, which is obviously not true (see last line). Does anyone see anything inherently non-portable in the following code? require ‘net/http’ require ‘net/https’ uri = URI.parse ‘[https://www.usaepay.com/gate.php](https://www.usaepay.com/gate.php)’ p (http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)) p http.use\_ssl = true p http.verify\_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY\_NONE p http.post(uri.path, “UMkey=OUR\_KEY\_CODE\_HERE”).body Thanks in advance for any hints. James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-working-on-windows-but-not-unix/75895/2 "2006-03-02T23:02:32Z")
On Mar 2, 2006, at 2:03 PM, James Edward G. II wrote: > require ‘net/http’ > require ‘net/https’ > > uri = URI.parse ‘[https://www.usaepay.com/gate.php](https://www.usaepay.com/gate.php)’ > p (http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)) > p http.use\_ssl = true > p http.verify\_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY\_NONE > p http.post(uri.path, “UMkey=OUR\_KEY\_CODE\_HERE”).body Switching the code to the following seems to work everywhere, as long as 1.8.4 is used: require ‘net/https’ uri = URI.parse ‘[https://www.usaepay.com/gate.php](https://www.usaepay.com/gate.php)’ req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path) req.set\_form\_data “UMkey” =\> “OUR\_KEY\_CODE\_HERE” p (http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)) p http.use\_ssl = true p http.verify\_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY\_NONE p http.start { http.request(req) }.body I still don’t understand why the first version didn’t work though… James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-working-on-windows-but-not-unix/75895/3 "2006-03-03T01:36:31Z")
On Mar 2, 2006, at 4:00 PM, James Edward G. II wrote: > > code? > > p http.verify\_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY\_NONE > p http.start { http.request(req) }.body > > I still don’t understand why the first version didn’t work though… Sorry to keep responding to myself but we have now realized that that the Windows machine, where the top example originally worked, was running 1.8.2 while both failing machines were running 1.8.4. The bottom “fix” did not work on the Windows box right off the bat, because set\_form\_data() seems to have been added after 1.8.2. Upgrading fixes the issue. That raises the question of what caused the original failure though. Was the handling of the second parameter to post() changed between 1.8.2 and 1.8.4? If so, I suspect there could be some more broken code out there… James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-working-on-windows-but-not-unix/75895/4 "2006-03-03T03:34:09Z")
On Mar 2, 2006, at 8:21 PM, Park H. wrote: > p http.post(uri.path, “UMkey=OUR\_KEY\_CODE\_HERE”,{‘Content-Type’ =\> > ‘application/x-www-form-urlencoded’}).body Awesome. Thank you so much. > There must be a bug in 1.8.4 Net::HTTP post. > I suspect lib/net/http.rb line #1507 > > ``` > unless content_type() > warn 'net/http: warning: Content-Type did not set; using > > ``` > > application/x-www-form-urlencoded’ if $VERBOSE > set\_content\_type ‘application/x-www-form-urlencoded’ > end Hmm, I’ll move this over to Ruby Core now and see if we can get the people in-the-know looking into this… James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-working-on-windows-but-not-unix/75895/5 "2006-03-03T03:22:05Z")
Hi, > > > We have an odd problem at work today. > > > > > > uri = URI.parse ‘[https://www.usaepay.com/gate.php](https://www.usaepay.com/gate.php)’ > > > p (http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)) > > > p http.use\_ssl = true > > > p http.verify\_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY\_NONE > > > p http.post(uri.path, “UMkey=OUR\_KEY\_CODE\_HERE”).body > > > This will work : p http.post(uri.path, “UMkey=OUR\_KEY\_CODE\_HERE”,{‘Content-Type’ =\> ‘application/x-www-form-urlencoded’}).body > > > > > > > Switching the code to the following seems to work everywhere, as long as > > 1.8.4 is used: > > … > > That raises the question of what caused the original failure though. Was > the handling of the second parameter to post() changed between 1.8.2 and > 1.8.4? If so, I suspect there could be some more broken code out there… There must be a bug in 1.8.4 Net::HTTP post. I suspect lib/net/http.rb line #1507 ``` unless content_type() warn 'net/http: warning: Content-Type did not set; using ``` application/x-www-form-urlencoded’ if $VERBOSE set\_content\_type ‘application/x-www-form-urlencoded’ end Regards, Park H.