# Too slow in using Net::HTTP.post\_form **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 13, 2007, 11:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-slow-in-using-net-http-post-form/111912 "2007-08-13T11:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ak756)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 11:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-slow-in-using-net-http-post-form/111912/1 "2007-08-13T11:52:50Z")
Hi I am using Net::HTTP.post\_form to post cgi request to a website and get answers. Below is my code and I found that it always take about 30s to return the result. I think my Internt connection is not so slow as I paste the same cgi request url and run in my firefox, it will get result in less then 10 second. puts Time.now post\_result= Net::HTTP.post\_form(URI.parse(url),params) puts Time.now So, how can I make the post\_form returns quickly? And, I also found many tags like ![]() in the returned html file. Did the post\_form download all those gif files? If so, how can I discard all the image file and only get the text result? Thanks in advance. ak ---
**Author:** ![ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ak756)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-slow-in-using-net-http-post-form/111912/2 "2007-08-14T02:37:14Z")
So bad, no one can give me some hint? ---
**Author:** ![ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ak756)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-slow-in-using-net-http-post-form/111912/3 "2007-08-14T02:49:35Z")
On Aug 13, 2007, at 7:37 PM, Ak 756 wrote: > ## So bad, no one can give me some hint? > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). You might post more of the code. ---
**Author:** ![ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ak756)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-slow-in-using-net-http-post-form/111912/4 "2007-08-14T12:58:33Z")
Ak 756 wrote the following on 13.08.2007 11:52 : > post\_result= Net::HTTP.post\_form(URI.parse(url),params) > puts Time.now > > So, how can I make the post\_form returns quickly? Maybe the particular server you are testing reacts differently if you don’t have a session, a referer or the right user-agent ? > And, I also found many tags like ![]() in the returned html > file. Did the post\_form download all those gif files? No, it didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ak756)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-slow-in-using-net-http-post-form/111912/5 "2007-08-15T03:27:54Z")
Lionel B. wrote: > Ak 756 wrote the following on 13.08.2007 11:52 : > > > post\_result= Net::HTTP.post\_form(URI.parse(url),params) > > puts Time.now > > > > So, how can I make the post\_form returns quickly? > > Maybe the particular server you are testing reacts differently if you > don’t have a session, a referer or the right user-agent ? > > > And, I also found many tags like ![]() in the returned html > > file. Did the post\_form download all those gif files? > > No, it didn’t. Hi ## Below is my code: require ‘net/http’ ## params = {‘s’=\>‘GOOG’} url=‘[http://finance.yahoo.com/q](http://finance.yahoo.com/q)’ puts Time.now post\_result= Net::HTTP.post\_form(URI.parse(url),params) puts Time.now And its running result: Wed Aug 15 09:11:48 +0800 2007 Wed Aug 15 09:12:02 +0800 2007 I think this is slow since the post\_form will not downloading pictures in the post reply page. And when I type the url ‘[http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GOOG](http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GOOG)’ in my firefox , it will show the complete page including pictures in about 10s. If I configure the firefox to not download pictures, it need only 4s. So,how I can I make post\_form reply more fast? ---
**Author:** ![ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@ak756](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ak756)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-slow-in-using-net-http-post-form/111912/6 "2007-08-15T03:34:27Z")
On 8/14/07, Ak 756 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > And its running result: > Wed Aug 15 09:11:48 +0800 2007 > Wed Aug 15 09:12:02 +0800 2007 > > I think this is slow since the post\_form will not downloading pictures > in the post reply page. And when I type the url > ‘[Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) Stock Price, News, Quote & History - Yahoo Finance](http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GOOG)’ in my firefox , it will show the > complete page including pictures in about 10s. If I configure the > firefox to not download pictures, it need only 4s. So,how I can I make > post\_form reply more fast? The same code takes less than a second for me. Perhaps it is your connection?