On Feb 14, 3:14 am, Vasu <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am doing an http get using the
> urlhttp://localhost/add?add_key[0][key]=1234&add_key[0][id]=1.
> I have a rails app which gives me a neat params hash
> {"add_key"=>{"0"=>{"key"=>"1234", "id"=>"1"}}.
>
> Now I try to post these to another server, using Net::HTTP.post_form
> new_url,params
>
> The second server gets a form hash - {"add_key"=>"0key1234id1"}.
> Looks like post_form requires a string:string hash. How do I unpack
> the params hash back to the original parameter syntax - {"add_key[0]
> [key]" => "1234", add_key[0][id]" => "1"} ?
>
> I have used CGI.parse which works if the original request is a GET.
> But if the parameters are passed in a POST, it doesn't work.
Try the .to_query method
1.9.2p180 :004 > {"add_key"=>{"0"=>{"key"=>"1234",
"id"=>"1"}}}.to_query
=> "add_key%5B0%5D%5Bid%5D=1&add_key%5B0%5D%5Bkey%5D=1234"
(%5B and %5D are the encoded versions of [ and ])
Fred
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