Net/http POSTING form data help

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Hello,

I've got one of them origo 4 port ADSL routers, and the only way of turning the firewall on and off is via the http interface. So, I cooked up some code that (I thought) would do that:

#!/usr/bin/ruby -w

require 'net/http'

enabled = 1

STUFF = "WINDWEB_URL=%2Fdoc%2Ffwbsd.htm&saveFW=0&fw_func_enable=1"

Net::HTTP.start('router.qazi') do |http|
     req = Net::HTTP::Post.new("/doc/fwbsd.htm")
     req.basic_auth('admin', 'SECRETPASSWORD')
     response = http.request(req, STUFF)
     puts(response.body)
end

I get the following output:

Web Server Error Report:<HR>
<H1>Server Error: 501 Not Implemented</H1>
<P><HR><H2>No RPM for this combination of URL and method</H2><P><P><HR><H1>/doc/fwbsd.htm</H1><P>

I assume you'll be able to pick up what I'm trying to do. Anyone know why it does'nt work? Manually typing the request into the browser URL (separated with '?') works fine.

Thanks,
          Asfand Yar

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I get the following output:

Web Server Error Report:<HR>
<H1>Server Error: 501 Not Implemented</H1>
<P><HR><H2>No RPM for this combination of URL and
method</H2><P><P><HR><H1>/doc/fwbsd.htm</H1><P>

I assume you'll be able to pick up what I'm trying to do. Anyone

know

why it does'nt work? Manually typing the request into the browser

URL

(separated with '?') works fine.

Thanks,
          Asfand Yar

I think you need to use a GET rather than a POST. The 501 is saying
that you can't POST to a .htm URL.