rails params hash unpacking

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I am doing an http get using the url http://localhost/add?add_key[0][key]=1234&add_key[0][id]=1. I have a rails app which gives me a neat params hash {"add_key"=>{"0"=>{"key"=>"1234", "id"=>"1"}}.

Now I try to post these to another server, using Net::HTTP.post_form new_url,params

The second server gets a form hash - {"add_key"=>"0key1234id1"}. Looks like post_form requires a string:string hash. How do I unpack the params hash back to the original parameter syntax - {"add_key[0] [key]" => "1234", add_key[0][id]" => "1"} ?

I have used CGI.parse which works if the original request is a GET. But if the parameters are passed in a POST, it doesn't work.

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Try the .to_query method

1.9.2p180 :004 > {"add_key"=>{"0"=>{"key"=>"1234", "id"=>"1"}}}.to_query => "add_key%5B0%5D%5Bid%5D=1&add_key%5B0%5D%5Bkey%5D=1234"

(%5B and %5D are the encoded versions of [ and ])

Fred

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That works!! Thanks a lot, Fred.