Grape::Rabl

Use rabl templates in grape!

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'grape-rabl'
gem 'grape', :git => "git://github.com/intridea/grape.git", :branch => "frontier"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Usage

Require grape-rabl

# config.ru
require 'grape/rabl'

Setup view root directory

# config.ru
require 'grape/rabl'

use Rack::Config do |env|
  env['api.tilt.root'] = '/path/to/view/root/directory'
end

Create grape application

To get post put delete options add :rabl options with template name.

get "/path", :rabl => "template_name" do
  # stuff
  @var = "hello"
end

post "/path", :rabl => "template_name_diff" do
  # stuff
  @user = User.find_user("email@example.com")
end

You can use instance variables in templates!

Template name

You can use "view.rabl" or just "view"

get "/home", :rabl => "view"
get "/home", :rabl => "view.rabl"

Example

# config.ru
require 'grape/rabl'

use Rack::Config do |env|
  env['api.tilt.root'] = '/path/to/view/root/directory'
end

class UserAPI < Grape::API
  # use rabl with 'hello.rabl' template
  get '/user', :rabl => 'hello' do
    @user = User.first
  end

  # do not use rabl, normal usage
  get '/user2' do
    { :some => :hash }
  end
end

# hello.rabl
object @user => :user

attributes :name

Enjoy :)

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request