Posting XML

Ruby
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Hi everyone. A newbie with ruby/xml so I am not sure where my trouble
is with my code. It does not seem to do anything when I run it. Your
help is much appreciated!
Here is my code:

I am trying to post an XML file but it does not seem to do anything.
Can someone take a look at this code and tell me if it looks correct?
Thank you!

require ‘rubygems’
require ‘net/https’
require ‘net/http’
require ‘uri’
require ‘nokogiri’

url = “http://mydomain.com/Will.do?method=ntf”
uri = URI.parse(url)

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true if (uri.scheme == ‘https’)

f = File.open(‘my.xml’,‘r’)
data = Nokogiri::XML(f)
f.close

headers = {‘Content-Type’ => ‘text/xml’}

resp, body = http.post(uri.path, data.to_xml, headers)

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On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:10 AM, JesseQA [email protected] wrote:

Hi everyone. A newbie with ruby/xml so I am not sure where my trouble
is with my code. It does not seem to do anything when I run it. Your
help is much appreciated!
Here is my code:

I am trying to post an XML file but it does not seem to do anything.

What exactly do you mean by that? Is it not sent to the server? Does
the server not react on it?

uri = URI.parse(url)
resp, body = http.post(uri.path, data.to_xml, headers)
Why do you read in the file, convert it to a DOM and then convert it
back before sending? IMHO that would only make sense if you either
need to validate the XML or change the structure.

Kind regards

robert

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On Mar 9, 12:31am, Robert K. [email protected] wrote:

headers = {‘Content-Type’ => ‘text/xml’}

–
remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without
endhttp://blog.rubybestpractices.com/

Hi Robert. Thanks for the response. The file is not sent to the
server. You ask about converting the file to a DOM then back before
sending
Would I be able to remove the read/convert and instead use something
like this?

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true if (uri.scheme == ‘https’)

headers = {‘Content-Type’ => ‘text/xml’}
resp, body = http.post(uri.path, data.to_xml, headers)

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On Mar 9, 12:31am, Robert K. [email protected] wrote:

headers = {‘Content-Type’ => ‘text/xml’}

–
remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without
endhttp://blog.rubybestpractices.com/

Thanks for the response Robert.
Would I be able to post like this?

resp, body = http.post(uri.path, ‘my.xml’, headers)

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On Wednesday, March 9, 2011 10:00:06 AM UTC+1, JesseQA wrote:

the server not react on it?

require ‘nokogiri’

headers = {‘Content-Type’ => ‘text/xml’}

resp, body = http.post(uri.path, data.to_xml, headers)

Why do you read in the file, convert it to a DOM and then convert it
back before sending? IMHO that would only make sense if you either
need to validate the XML or change the structure.

Thanks for the response Robert.
Would I be able to post like this?

resp, body = http.post(uri.path, ‘my.xml’, headers)

Probably rather

resp, body = http.post(uri.path, File.read(‘my.xml’), headers)

or

File.open(‘my.xml’, ‘r’) do |io|
resp, body = http.post(uri.path, io, headers)
end

Note sure though whether the latter approach would work. “ri” is your
friend.

Cheers

robert

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On Mar 9, 1:21am, Robert K. [email protected] wrote:

What exactly do you mean by that? Is it not sent to the server? Does

headers = {‘Content-Type’ => ‘text/xml’}

Note sure though whether the latter approach would work. “ri” is your friend.

Cheers

robert

Thanks Robert I will give that a try.