yeah I might try that .... I found Mechanize caused SSL errors because
it imported SSL libraries, I guess there's a possibility that rest
client might do that too.... but I'll try it. thanks.

Etienne

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Ehsanul Hoque<[email protected]> wrote:
> You could use the rest_client library for http get/post/put/delete requests:
> http://rest-client.heroku.com/rdoc/
>
>> Subject: Re: Browse Box
>> From: [email protected]
>> To: [email protected]
>> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:40:14 +1000
>>
>> I have an app that does a similar thing, posts files to the internet.
>>
>> does the youtube-g gem handle the HTTP post for you (if so I'd like to
>> know)? I ask because shoes' 'download' method (which can do posts) is
>> broken on OSX raisins
>> (setting headers doesnt work), but works on Windows. You can use
>> net::http (if you handle the GUI threading yourself) but that only
>> works on OSX (domain names dont resolve on windows).
>>
>> you cannot use Mechanize because importing Mechanize causes SSL errors.
>>
>> ... and the ask_open_file method is broken on OSX raisins, it returns
>> a nill object. Since there's no copy paste functionality, your users
>> wont be able to copy paste a local file path into your app... they'll
>> have to type it in manually.
>>
>> I dont mean to be negative :) .... its just that this is exactly what
>> I am doing and I can tell you all the issues you will come across. If
>> the youtube-g gem handles the HTTP post for you, you might be OK.
>>
>> otherwise, sit tight (but hopefully not too tight) ... I have logged
>> all these bugs and, fingers crossed, _why will get to them soon.
>>
>> my advice to you, if you want cross-platform compatibility, is to
>> package your app and test on all platforms regularly.
>>
>> Etienne
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Saurabh
>> Bhatia<[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hi Guys,
>> >
>> > I am making a shoes app called Shoetube, which uploads videos to YouTube
>> > from the shoe app.
>> >
>> > I have got the api working using the youtube-g gem, but not able to add
>> > a
>> > browse button to browse the file and send
>> >
>> > a post request to YouTube
>> >
>> > --
>> > Best Regards
>> >
>> > Saurabh Bhatia
>> > www.safewlabs.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
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