HTTP.post_form in Ruby with custom headers

Question

Im trying to use Nets/HTTP to use POST and put in a custom user agent. I\'ve typically used open-uri but it cant do POST can it?

Answer 1

You can't use post_form to do that, but you can do it like this:

uri = URI(url)
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
req.set_form_data(query)
req['User-Agent'] = 'Some user agent'

res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port) do |http|
  http.request(req)
end

case res
when Net::HTTPSuccess, Net::HTTPRedirection
  # OK
else
  res.value
end

(Read the net/http documentation for more info)