Start of ruby HTTP automation...

gistfile1.txt

require 'httpclient'

cmds = [
	{ :method => "POST", :uri => "http://www.example.com/posthere", :body=>{ 'userid' => 'user', 'pw'=>'password'}, :response=>nil},
	{ :method => "GET", :uri =>"http://www.example.com/gethere", :body=>{}, :response=>nil}
	]

client = HTTPClient.new
client.set_cookie_store('cookie.dat')
cmds.each do |cmd|
	#p url
	response = case cmd[:method]
     when "GET" then client.get(cmd[:uri])
     when "POST" then client.post(cmd[:uri], cmd[:body])
     else "UNDEFINED"
  end
  cmd[:response]=response
end

cmds.each do |cmd|
	p "#{cmd[:method]} to #{cmd[:uri]} yielded #{cmd[:response].status}"
end

Outputs;

POST to http://www.example.com/posthere yielded 302
GET to http://www.example.com/gethere yielded 302