#API Server Gem This is a gem used for converting a any controller in a JSON REST API. If you have a Rails application as a client, it is recommended to use https://github.com/kopz9999/e_api_client to consume resources
You just need to include the module EApiServer::Web::JSON::ServiceControllable in your controller.

class ApiCarsController < ApplicationController

  include EApiServer::Web::JSON::ServiceControllable

end

This include will add the following actions to your controller:

• POST create - /{controller_name}
• DELETE destroy - /{controller_name}/1
• GET index - /{controller_name}
• GET show - /{controller_name}/1
• PATCH/PUT update - /{controller_name}/1

Only allow a trusted parameter "white list" through. If a single resource is loaded for #create or #update, then the controller for the resource must implement the method "#{resource_name}_params" to limit permitted parameters for the individual model.
Example:

class ApiCarsController < ApplicationController

  include EApiServer::Web::JSON::ServiceControllable
  
  protected
  
  def get_resource_params
    params.require(:api_car).permit(:id, :name, :enrollment)
  end

end

By default, the module will try to infer the following properties

• resource_class = The resource class based on the controller
  • @return [Class]
  • Default: Classified name for the controller based on the classified transformation of the string property resource_name. For ApiCarsController, default will be ApiCar
  • Override with the following method: get_resource_class
• resource_name = The singular name for the resource class based on the controller
  • @return [String]
  • Default: Singularized name of the current controller. For ApiCarsController, default will be api_car
  • Override with the following method: get_resource_name
• query_params = Allowed parameters for searching on index action. Use your own blacklists if not using strong params
  • @return [Hash]
  • Default: {}
  • Override with the following method: get_query_params
  • Request Examples:
    • { id: 32 }
    • { name: "Nissan Altima" }
  • Permit Params Examples:
    • params.permit(:name)
• page_params = Allowed parameters for pagination on index action
  • @return [Hash]
  • Default: params.require(:pagination).permit( :page, :page_size )
  • Override with the following method: get_page_params( required_params ). Here required_params arg is params.require(:pagination)
  • Request Examples:
    • { pagination: { page: "1", page_size: "3" } }
• order_params = Allowed parameters for ordering on index action. Use your own blacklists if not using strong params
  • @return [Hash]
  • Default: {}
  • Override with the following method: get_order_params( required_params ). Here required_params arg is params.require(:ordering)
  • Request Examples:
    • { ordering: { name: "asc", enrollment: "desc" } }

If you are processing too many queries in the index, it is recommended that you change it to POST index in the routes.
Other methods you may want to override are:

# Override with your own implementation if you want to change it for a JBuilder template
# @return [Action]
def success_show
  render json: get_resource_params
end

If you still have doubts about how to query the index, please check the controller test in /test/dummy/test/controllers/api_cars_controller_test.rb

For Rails >= 4.2 please add the responders gem on your gemfile:

gem 'responders', '~> 2.0' 

When you test your API, make sure you request it with the correct format. Assumming you are running your API on port 3000, for ApiCarsController#index, you must request: http://localhost:3000/api_cars.json
Remember, the suffix .json is the format of the request

TODO

• Support for Batch requests

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