How to connect to other server (Like cURL in php) in Ruby on rails.

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hi Friends,

i am a new programmer in Ruby On Rails, i need a help regarding

connecting to other server as cURL in php in ROR. so i hope got my query.

that is i need to connect my page to other server to reteive some information on that server. so how can i so that job in RoR?

give me a help please!

thanks and regards. Amjith PS

amjithps@gmail.com +91 9388880335

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Hi Amjith,

Ruby (the language) gives you a few possibilities for connecting to a remote server. For your needs you'll probably want Net::HTTP, also check out the excellent open-uri. Both are included in the standard Ruby dist, so just do:

require 'rubygems' require 'open-uri'

thepage = open('http://someurl.com/mypage’)

Rails (the framework) also comes with a library for consuming REST based webservices, so if that's your thing you should check it out, it's called active_resource.

/Jonas

P.S.: Some years ago two guys called Larry and Sergei started a rather nifty website which helps in researching this sort of thing. Can't seem to remember the name, has a lot of o's in it though.