Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Hassan is correctly encouraging you towards the higher-level abstractions, like a Gem specifically written for this purpose.
If you really want to know how to make outgoing http requests, the answer is the Net::HTTP Ruby library, which is documented here:
But as Hassan said if there's a higher level abstraction, like a Gem, prefer that to writing your own low-level code.
But as a ruby developer the Net::HTTP Ruby library is at the very least something you should learn about and play around with, even if you don't actually need it for this immediate purpose.
-Jason
On May 31, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Joe Guerra <JGuerra@jginfosys.com> wrote:Ok, I'll try the gem.How about passing the parameters in the url? and opening up the canada post site with that?Thanks,Joe
On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 1:36:20 PM UTC-4, Hassan Schroeder wrote:On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Joe Guerra <JGu...@jginfosys.com> wrote:
> Hmm, which gem would allow you to perform http requests within Rails? I
> would like to send a request to the canadapost website and pass it some
> parameters and return a shipping total.
>
> I do believe there is a canadapost gem, but I'm not sure how upto date it
> is.
Searching for `ruby gem canada post` turns up more than one -- why
don't you just try them and see which you prefer?
Similarly `ruby gem http` will show you some possibilities if you want
to roll your own solution. See also:
https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.4.1/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/ index.html
HTH!
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