VISIT A URL PROGRAMATICALLY

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hi all,

i have the code below;

require 'rexml/document' require 'open-uri' open('http://api.evdb.com/rest/users/login?app_key=ct2hJqTCg4XLCP5h’) { |f|   $res = REXML::Document.new(f.read)

}

the xml data that is read is;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<error string="Authorization Required">   <nonce>6984053721</nonce>   <description>Please supply a user authentication response using the nonce provided.</description> </error>

QUESTIONS

1. how do i get the value of nonce (i.e. 6984053721 )

2. is there another way of visiting the url "http://api.evdb.com/ rest/ users/login?app_key=ct2hJqTCg4XLCP5h"      without using open-uri as in above

thoughts??

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kevid <alumsimportant@yahoo.ca> writes:

hi all,

i have the code below;

QUESTIONS

1. how do i get the value of nonce (i.e. 6984053721 )

You should take a look at nokogiri http://nokogiri.org/

2. is there another way of visiting the url "http://api.evdb.com/ rest/ users/login?app_key=ct2hJqTCg4XLCP5h"      without using open-uri as in above

There is the mechanize framework.

Jarl

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There is a helpful railscast on mechanize here: http://railscasts.com/episodes/191-mechanize