Ruby on Rails API how to soft delete an user - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am able to soft delete an user from the main application.
Here are the details.
The user URL is:
http://0.0.0.0:3000/users/4c7fa12c-3d58-480b-a823-6c67d6e7f0fe.json
Which is presenting a JSON result like this:
{"id":"4c7fa12c-3d58-480b-a823-6c67d6e7f0fe","name":"John","status":"Active","created_at":"2015-11-10T18:31:27.000+00:00","updated_at":"2015-11-10T18:38:20.000+00:00"}
I can do a soft delete by using an inactivation this way:
http://0.0.0.0:3000/users/4c7fa12c-3d58-480b-a823-6c67d6e7f0fe/inactivate
Here is my inactivate method in the users controller:
def inactivate
#user.update status: 'Inactive'
redirect_to users_url
end
The result is shown when reload the user URL:
{"id":"4c7fa12c-3d58-480b-a823-6c67d6e7f0fe","name":"John","status":"Inactive","created_at":"2015-11-10T18:31:27.000+00:00","updated_at":"2015-11-10T19:29:58.000+00:00"}
Now my user is "Inactive".
Here is my routes file:
Rails.application.routes.draw do
resources :wit_dims
resources :wokas
resources :posts
resources :languages
resources :users
root :to => "home#index"
resources :users do
get 'inactivate', on: :member
end
match 'inactivate', to: 'users#inactivate', via: 'delete'
#api
namespace :api do
namespace :v1 do
resources :users, only: [:index, :create, :show, :update, :destroy]
resources :posts, only: [:index, :create, :show, :update, :destroy]
end
end
end
How I can change this routes file and the API users controller to make the same king of inactivation through the API? I want more than a trivial solution using a PUT to change status of the user from Active to Inactive.
Here is my main application users controller:
class UsersController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_user, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy, :inactivate]
# GET /users
# GET /users.json
def index
#users = User.all
end
# GET /users/1
# GET /users/1.json
def show
end
# GET /users/new
def new
#user = User.new
end
# GET /users/1/edit
def edit
end
# POST /users
# POST /users.json
def create
#user = User.new(user_params)
respond_to do |format|
if #user.save
format.html { redirect_to #user, notice: 'User was successfully created.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: #user }
else
format.html { render :new }
format.json { render json: #user.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# PATCH/PUT /users/1
# PATCH/PUT /users/1.json
def update
respond_to do |format|
if #user.update(user_params)
format.html { redirect_to #user, notice: 'User was successfully updated.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: #user }
else
format.html { render :edit }
format.json { render json: #user.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# DELETE /users/1
# DELETE /users/1.json
def destroy
#user.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to users_url, notice: 'User was successfully inactivated.' }
format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
def inactivate
#user.update status: 'Inactive'
redirect_to users_url
end
private
# Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
def set_user
#user = User.find(params[:id])
end
# Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
def user_params
params[:user]
end
end
Here is my API users controller:
class Api::V1::UsersController < Api::V1::BaseController
before_action :set_user, only: [:show, :update, :destroy]
def show
render(json: Api::V1::UserSerializer.new(#user).to_json)
end
def update
if #user.update_attributes(user_params)
render(
json: Api::V1::UserSerializer.new(#user).to_json,
status: 200,
location: api_v1_user_path(#user.id)
)
else
return api_error(status: 422, errors: #tbm.errors)
end
end
def index
users = User.all
render(
json: ActiveModel::ArraySerializer.new(
users,
each_serializer: Api::V1::UserSerializer,
root: 'users'
)
)
end
def create
#user = User.new(user_params)
respond_to do |format|
if #user.save
format.html { redirect_to #user, notice: 'User was successfully created.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: #user }
else
format.html { render :new }
format.json { render json: #user.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
def destroy
#user.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to users_url, notice: 'User was successfully destroyed.' }
format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
private
def set_user
#user = User.find(params[:id])
end
def user_params
params.require(:user).permit(:name, :status).delete_if{ |k,v| v.nil? }
end
end
Basically I would like to be able to call an inactivate method through the API which is going to change the status from Active to Inactive, instead of physically deleting / destroying the user.

Answer 1

I used PUT and executed an updated on the status attribute to mark the user as Inactive.