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: https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/2.0.0/Net/HTTP.html 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 <jgue...@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 > <javascript:>> 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 > <https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.4.1/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/index.html> > > HTH! > -- > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.s...@gmail.com <javascript:> > twitter: @hassan > Consulting Availability : Silicon Valley or remote > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/80f27a88-f7ca-4bc8-a66c-380da41a4ccf%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/80f27a88-f7ca-4bc8-a66c-380da41a4ccf%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. ---- Jason Fleetwood-Boldt t...@datatravels.com http://www.jasonfleetwoodboldt.com/writing If you'd like to reply by encrypted email you can find my public key on jasonfleetwoodboldt.com <http://jasonfleetwoodboldt.com/> (more about setting GPG: https://gpgtools.org) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/40BBA1BD-B10F-4D38-8C58-534574700D75%40datatravels.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
