How do I make a POST request with open-uri?

Question

Is it possible to make a POST request from Ruby with open-uri?

Answer 1

Unfortunately open-uri only supports the GET verb.

You can either drop down a level and use net/http, or use rest-open-uri, which was designed to support POST and other verbs. You can do gem install rest-open-uri to install it.

Answer 2

I'd also really recommend rest-client. It's a great base for writing an API client.