title: Connecting to sharepoint server using Ruby or RubyOnRails
body: <p>I have a SharePoint server. I am building an rails application which can interact with sharepoint server although this is not the primary goal of the application. I am planning to provide this as an advantage.</p>
  
  <p>My target areas would be
  1. Fetching available document repository from SharePoint
  2. Add documents to sharepoint using Rails front end
  3. Get list of all documents with there hierarchy to be displayed on application listing page</p>
  
  <p>I am unaware of any service or protocol to use to achieve the above defined points.</p>
  
  <p>also the second alternative is i can use svn to manage my document repository but i will some how need to migrate all the existing documents from SharePoint server.</p>
  
  <p>any pointer or help could be valuable. </p>