Redirect user to external url with post method and params

Question

How do i redirect user to external url via post method? I know redirect_to works only for get requests. How do i achieve this?

possible duplicate of [redirect\_to using POST in rails](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/985596/redirect-to-using-post-in-rails) — Brad Werth, Aug 13 '15 at 16:25

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 17 '15 at 16:11

You cannot redirect a user to a POST method. You can present a user with a link that the Rails JS will turn into a form/POST:

= link_to "Do it!", "http://other.site/path", method: :post

...or a form that triggers a POST to another site (note that I've included an extra param in this) eg.

= form_tag "http://other.site/path", method: :post do
  = hidden_field_tag :foo, "Bar"
  = submit_tag "Do it!"

...or you can make the request yourself from the server side on your user's behalf (here I'm using the httparty gem), note that I'm including the same foo=Bar parameters:

class YourController < ApplicationController
  include HTTParty

  def some_action
    self.class.post "http://other.site/path", query: { foo: "Bar" }
  end
end

A few options for you.

Ended up on Httparty solution too – Avdept Mar 17 '15 at 17:58 — Avdept, Mar 17 '15 at 17:58

Redirect user to external url with post method and params

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