simple ruby soap post with basic authentication

gistfile1.txt

require 'net/http'

request_body = <<EOF
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ser="http://service.host/">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ser:createGroup>
         <arg0>
            <description>#{description}</description>
            <name>#{name}</name>
         </arg0>
      </ser:createGroup>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
EOF

uri = URI.parse('http://service.host/service')
post = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path, 'content-type' => 'text/xml;charset=UTF-8')
post.basic_auth 'username', 'pass'
Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port).start {|http|
  http.request(post, request_body) {|response|
    put response.
    put response.read_body
  }
}