grid_rest

grid_rest is a gem that makes your rails application interact with other backends through a REST interface. It is build in a situation where one rails application was talking to 2 java backends. The main development focus is JSON communication, but XML should be just as easy.

Example configurations

These configurations should be put in config/grid_rest.yml:

General REST interface

include_in:

- ActiveRecord::Base
- ActionController::Base
extend: ActiveRecord::Base  
development:
url_prefix: '/api/1.0'
host: localhost
port: 20400
logging: true

production:
url_prefix: '/api/1.0'
host: localhost
port: 20400
logging: true

test:
url_prefix: '/api/1.0'
host: localhost
port: 20400
logging: true

Multiple REST interfaces

include_in:

- ActiveRecord::Base
- ActionController::Base
extend: ActiveRecord::Base  
development:
zieook_workflow:
  url_prefix: "/api/1.0/"
  host: localhost
  port: 20200
  logging: true
zieook_data:
  url_prefix: "/api/1.0"
  host: localhost
  port: 20100
  logging: true

production:
zieook_workflow:
  url_prefix: "/api/1.0/"
  host: localhost
  port: 20200
  logging: true
zieook_data:
  url_prefix: "/api/1.0"
  host: localhost
  port: 20100
  logging: false

test:
zieook_workflow:
  url_prefix: "/api/1.0/"
  host: localhost
  port: 20200
  logging: true
zieook_data:
  url_prefix: "/api/1.0"
  host: localhost
  port: 20100
  logging: true

Other ORM

include_in:

- MyOrm::Base
- ActionController::Base
extend: MyOrm::Base  
....

Contributing to grid_rest

• Check out the latest master to make sure the feature hasn't been implemented or the bug hasn't been fixed yet
• Check out the issue tracker to make sure someone already hasn't requested it and/or contributed it
• Fork the project
• Start a feature/bugfix branch
• Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution
• Make sure to add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2011 GridLine. See LICENSE.txt for further details.