[Rails] Re: 403 Error Dont know whats wrong.

On Oct 7, 10:01 am, "Kaushalya K." <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am quite new to ruby and am programming an application to send sms
> using rest_client gem. I so far have code on one of my modules which
> tries to send an sms to a number. It gives the 403 error -
>
> RestClient::Forbidden in SMSController#index
>
> 403 Forbidden
> Rails.root: /Users/user1/Desktop/rails_projects/sms_app
>
> My code in the module looks as follows - before adding this code i had a
> simple enter number and enter message text boxes with the usual
> edit/add/delete options.
>
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'rest_client'
>
> class SMS < ActiveRecord::Base
>
>       API_URL = 'http://services.xxxx.com/SMS'
>       API_KEY = '000000000'
>       RestClient.post 'API_URL/TXT/XXXX/07996750812/wakeup/API_KEY',
> :number => '079945460812', :nested => { :message => 'working   from
> inside' }
>     RestClient.get 'https://...@gmail.com:password@API_URL'
> end
>
> My user name is in the form of an email. let me what you think the
> problem would be. thanks :)

First off, it's a bit odd to be making those calls to restclient where
you're making them - they'll happen when the class gets loaded, which
isn't really under your control.

Secondly you don't seem to be using ruby's interpolation properly -
API_URL isn't getting replaced by the value of that constant

Lastly, @ is a special character in a url (since it marks the
separation between the end of the password and the rest of the url),
so you'll need to escape the literal @ in your username (I'd be
surprised if there wasn't a way in rest client to just supply a
username and password rather than have to do that mangling yourself)

Fred

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