Module: Arcgis::Base::ClassMethods

Defined in:
lib/arcgis/base.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#extend_api(api, definition) ⇒ Object

Factory for building API endpoints from Definitions



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# File 'lib/arcgis/base.rb', line 9

def extend_api(api,definition)
  definition.each do |parent,ops|
    ops.each do |op,methods|
      methods.each do |method|
        # build the method, but allow for 'root' level methods with the parent 
        # (e.g. /community/user = user_community; /community/user/update = user_update)
        subapi = method.length == 0 ? parent.to_s : method
        define_method("#{api}_#{subapi}".gsub(/_$/,'')) { |options| 
          # differentiate 'items' for /content/ from '' for /community/ - e.g. content/users/id vs. community/users/id
          url = "#{self.send(parent.to_s+'_url')}#{self.send(api.to_s+'_url')}#{options.delete(:id)}/#{method.gsub(/items/,'')}"
          url.gsub!(/\/+/, '/')
          url.gsub!(/community\/community/,'community')
          self.send(op,url,options) 
        }
      end
    end
  end
end