Resful POST with Net::HTTP

def post_xml( xml, path)
      url = URI.parse("http://[login]:[password]@[domain]/#{path}")
      req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path)
      userinfo = url.userinfo.split(':')
       req.basic_auth(userinfo[0], userinfo[1])
       req['Content-Type'] = "text/xml"
       req.body = xml
       @response = Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) do |http|
         http.request(req)
       end
end