Sinatra::Resources - Simple nested resources for Sinatra

Ever wished you could do this in Sinatra?

resource 'posts' do
  get do
    # show all posts
  end

  post do
    # create new post
  end
end

resource 'posts/:id' do
  get do
    # show post params[:id]
  end

  delete do
    # destroy post params[:id]
  end

  get 'comments' do
    # show this post's comments
  end
end

Now you can.

This was inspired by Sinatra ticket #31, which many people want but hasn’t gotten traction to make it into Sinatra core. If you want it in Sinatra, pipe up on the ticket!

Installation

Install gemcutter if you don’t have it:

sudo gem install gemcutter
sudo gem tumble

Then just install this gem:

sudo gem install sinatra-resources

If you are using a classic (one-file) Sinatra app, just add:

require 'sinatra/resources'

If you are using a modular Sinatra::Base app, you must also add:

register Sinatra::Resources

To the top of your application class.

Examples

Resources can be arbitrarily nested, and can be either string paths or symbols. There is also the shortcut member which just maps to “resource ‘:id’”. So you could also write the above example as:

resource :posts do
  get do
    # show all posts
  end

  post do
    # create new post
  end

  member do
    get do
      # show post params[:id]
    end

    delete do
      # destroy post params[:id]
    end

    get :comments do
      # show this post's comments
    end
  end
end

Or you can extract the “id” parameter as well:

resource :posts do
  get do
    # show all posts
  end

  post do
    # create new post
  end

  member do
    get do |id|
      # show post ID=id
    end

    delete do |id|
      # destroy post ID=id
    end

    get :comments do |id|
      # show this post's comments
    end
  end
end

Whatever blows your hair back.

Sinatra::Resources - Simple nested resources for Sinatra

Installation

Examples

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