# Posting remote forms / Getting content off the web **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 28, 2006, 9:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/posting-remote-forms-getting-content-off-the-web/100303 "2006-07-28T09:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ap0s7le](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@ap0s7le](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ap0s7le)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 9:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/posting-remote-forms-getting-content-off-the-web/100303/1 "2006-07-28T09:48:44Z")
Hello, I learned of Rails, and then Ruby and thought I’d much rather work with the language itself first and not the framework. So here I am in need of expanding a cron I have that currently updates a few of my sites. The cron is a simple BASH script that will call the ruby script in from a FOR loop. What I’m looking for right now is a way to connect to the remote sites via Ruby, submit my changes to them via POST etc. It will require the script to log in first. If you could point me to the right area of the docs I would be very greatful. Hopefully one day I’ll be able to help others as they come to the forum. Thank you for your time. -Casey ---
**Author:** ![ap0s7le](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@ap0s7le](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ap0s7le)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 10:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/posting-remote-forms-getting-content-off-the-web/100303/2 "2006-07-28T10:32:04Z")
Hey! Welcome to ruby! The Net/HTTP library is probably what you’re looking for: [http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/index.html](http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/index.html) Also, you’ve no doubt seen it already, but just in case: [http://www.rubycentral.com/book/](http://www.rubycentral.com/book/) cheers Michael