class Gem::Net::HTTP::Post

Class for representing HTTP method POST:

require 'rubygems/net-http/lib/net/http'
uri = URI('http://example.com')
hostname = uri.hostname # => "example.com"
uri.path = '/posts'
req = Gem::Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri) # => #<Gem::Net::HTTP::Post POST>
req.body = '{"title": "foo","body": "bar","userId": 1}'
req.content_type = 'application/json'
res = Gem::Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http|
  http.request(req)
end

See Request Headers.

Properties:

• Request body: yes.

• Response body: yes.

• Safe: no.

• Idempotent: no.

• Cacheable: yes.

Related:

• Gem::Net::HTTP.post: sends POST request, returns response object.

• Gem::Net::HTTP#post: sends POST request, returns response object.