Method: WWW::Mechanize#post

Defined in:
lib/www/mechanize.rb

#post(url, query = {}) ⇒ Object

Posts to the given URL wht the query parameters passed in. Query parameters can be passed as a hash, or as an array of arrays. Example:

agent.post('http://example.com/', "foo" => "bar")

or

agent.post('http://example.com/', [ ["foo", "bar"] ])



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# File 'lib/www/mechanize.rb', line 304

def post(url, query={})
  node = {}
  # Create a fake form
  class << node
    def search(*args); []; end
  end
  node['method'] = 'POST'
  node['enctype'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
  
  form = Form.new(node)
  query.each { |k,v|
    if v.is_a?(IO)
      form.enctype = 'multipart/form-data'
      ul = Form::FileUpload.new(k.to_s,::File.basename(v.path))
      ul.file_data = v.read
      form.file_uploads << ul
    else
      form.fields << Form::Field.new(k.to_s,v)
    end
  }
  post_form(url, form)
end