Missing curl parameter in README added, whitespaces from Cactus service removed

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index a6047d5..5159305 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ EXAMPLES
 
 Create an URI for Benzene:
 
-  curl -X POST name=Benzene http://webservices.in-silico.ch/compound/v0
+  curl -X POST -d name=Benzene http://webservices.in-silico.ch/compound/v0
 
 Create an URI for Benzene from the Smiles string:
 
-  curl -X POST smiles='c1ccccc1' http://webservices.in-silico.ch/compound/v0
+  curl -X POST -d smiles='c1ccccc1' http://webservices.in-silico.ch/compound/v0
 
 Get all synonyms for benzene:
 
diff --git a/application.rb b/application.rb
index 845895d..1ff8e16 100644
--- a/application.rb
+++ b/application.rb
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ get %r{/(.+)} do |cansmi| # catches all remaining get requests
 	end
 end
 
-post '/' do 
+post '/?' do 
 	if params[:smiles]
-		cansmi = canonical_smiles(URI.unescape(params[:smiles]),'smi').gsub(/\s+/,'')
+		cansmi = canonical_smiles(URI.unescape(params[:smiles]),'smi')
 	elsif params[:name]
 		cansmi = RestClient.get "#{CACTUS_URI}#{params[:name]}/smiles"
 	end
-	url_for("/", :full) + URI.escape(cansmi, /[^\w]/)
+	url_for("/", :full) + URI.escape(cansmi.gsub(/\s+/,''), /[^\w]/)
 end
 
 def canonical_smiles(identifier,format)