Rails core - May 2009 - ActiveResource connection.post custom headers

I am consuming a restful resource from a remote system that requires a
custom header to post.
I''m using something along these lines

input = {"bodyvalue1" => "one","bodyvalue2"
=> "two","bodyvalue3" =>
"three","bodyvalue4" => "four"}
body = input.to_param
headers["X-TheRequiredApplicationKey"]
"ThisIsAReallyGreatApplicationKey"
headers["X-TheRequiredUserKey"] =
"ThisIsAReallyGreatUserKey"
uri = "/users/1234/store/orders"

resp = connection.post(uri,body,headers)

I''m not sure, but I suspect that the way that headers are handled for
connection.post aren''t working they way they should.

Hi Ben,
I guess you are going to create an order on the remote service, why 
don''t you use ActiveResource in the following way?

class Order < ActiveResource::Base
   self.site = "http://api.example.com"

   headers["X-TheRequiredApplicationKey"] = 
"ThisIsAReallyGreatApplicationKey"
   headers["X-TheRequiredUserKey"] =
"ThisIsAReallyGreatUserKey"
end

order = Order.create(...)

Luca
-- 
blog: www.lucaguidi.com

I''ll try that out. It looks like I may have a design flaw because I
have that code in an unrelated model. I''ll move the method into an
Order model instead of the User model where it is now
(User.place_order) - still learning both the code and the methodology.
I''ll repost after I''ve moved things around.
Thanks for the input,
Ben

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Luca Guidi <guidi.luca@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi Ben,
> I guess you are going to create an order on the remote service, why
> don''t you use ActiveResource in the following way?
>
> class Order < ActiveResource::Base
>   self.site = "http://api.example.com"
>
>   headers["X-TheRequiredApplicationKey"] >
"ThisIsAReallyGreatApplicationKey"
>   headers["X-TheRequiredUserKey"] =
"ThisIsAReallyGreatUserKey"
> end
>
> order = Order.create(...)
>
> Luca
> --
> blog: www.lucaguidi.com
>
> >
>


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