Ruby send JSON request

Question

How do I send a JSON request in ruby? I have a JSON object but I dont think I can just do .send. Do I have to have javascript send the form?

Or can I us

Answer 1

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

def create_agent
    uri = URI('http://api.nsa.gov:1337/agent')
    http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
    req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json')
    req.body = {name: 'John Doe', role: 'agent'}.to_json
    res = http.request(req)
    puts "response #{res.body}"
rescue => e
    puts "failed #{e}"
end