U:RDoc::AnyMethod[iI"request_post:ETI"Net::HTTP#request_post;TF:publico:RDoc::Markup::Document:@parts[o:RDoc::Markup::Paragraph;	[I"(Sends a POST request to the +path+.;To:RDoc::Markup::BlankLineo;
;	[I"8Returns the response as a Net::HTTPResponse object.;T@o;
;	[I"CWhen called with a block, the block is passed an HTTPResponse ;TI"Eobject.  The body of that response will not have been read yet; ;TI"Gthe block can process it using HTTPResponse#read_body, if desired.;T@o;
;	[I"Returns the response.;T@o;
;	[I"0This method never raises Net::* exceptions.;T@o:RDoc::Markup::Verbatim;	[I"# example
;TI"Iresponse = http.request_post('/cgi-bin/nice.rb', 'datadatadata...')
;TI"p response.status
;TI"Eputs response.body          # body is already read in this case
;TI"
;TI"# using block
;TI"Jhttp.request_post('/cgi-bin/nice.rb', 'datadatadata...') {|response|
;TI"  p response.status
;TI""  p response['content-type']
;TI"5  response.read_body do |str|   # read body now
;TI"    print str
;TI"  end
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