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instance method

Net::HTTPHeader#form_data=

form_data=(params, sep = '&')

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.1.3/lib/net/http/header.rb, line 417
def set_form_data(params, sep = '&')
  query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
  query.gsub!(/&/, sep) if sep != '&'
  self.body = query
  self.content_type = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
end

Alias of #set_form_data

Set header fields and a body from HTML form data. params should be an Array of Arrays or a Hash containing HTML form data. Optional argument sep means data record separator.

Values are URL encoded as necessary and the content-type is set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Example:

Example

http.form_data = {"q" => "ruby", "lang" => "en"}
http.form_data = {"q" => ["ruby", "perl"], "lang" => "en"}
http.set_form_data({"q" => "ruby", "lang" => "en"}, ';')

See also #set_form_data #fetch #get_fields #each_value also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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