I am trying to use Photobucket(API) as a image uploading option in my website.
Is there any available gem to do this? or should i use things like REST to achieve this?
Please suggest.
Thanks,
Balan
The only thing I really found was this https://bitbucket.org/photobucket/api-ruby/src/7b69e473fb9fd5b4d37e2ad7f266500e45ef524b/example.rb?at=default. They are using the oauth rubygem to talk to photobucket, still a lot of manual process involved. It is also still using REST.
I would say the easiest way it going ahead and using REST following http://pic.photobucket.com/dev_help/WebHelpPublic/PhotobucketPublicHelp.htm and http://pic.photobucket.com/dev_help/WebHelpPublic/Content/FAQ/FAQOverview.htm to get you started.
I haven't done a REST client in ruby but this gem looks pretty good https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client.
I would recommend, assuming you have the time, making a photobucket ruby gem and wrapping the REST calls in useful class abstractions. It is great for the community, forces you to follow good practices(to a certain extent) and will provide great experience to put on a resume/talk about in an interview.
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I'm creating a JavaScript web app. I want to use Ruby on Rails to provide the API to the data in JSON format. I am writing the front-end entirely in JavaScript that will make Ajax calls to the API. This way, I will have a consistent data API when I can write different apps on different platforms.
I'm new to Ruby on Rails and I'm not sure if this is a good approach. If so, could you help me point to a good tutorial to implement the back-end that I just mentioned? If not, please help suggest a good way.
Api example code : https://github.com/pigon-web-services/api-app/blob/master/app/controllers/location_controller.rb
How to use this api with javascript : http://pigon.ws/examples/jsonp?api=locationapi
I didn't work with it yet, but the Rails-API gem by spastorino might be helpful.
Also there is a Railscast on this, so you might want to check this out as a starting point
I want to know whether it is possible to create SOAP APIs in RAILS. I googled and found that SAVON can be used for communicating with SOAP API, is their anyway to create soap apis in rails 3.
We've just released 0.3.2 of https://github.com/roundlake/wash_out with new tiny features. It's currently active and maintained (unlike ActionWebService). And is probably best way to do what you want.
However even being maintainer of such a gem I do not recommend you to use SOAP at all. WashOut was created for the cases where you have no choice. So please think twice. In most cases REST is much more preferable.
There's a gem called actionwebservice that served this purpose many years ago. There are a few people who have maintained it along the way, but you might have to dig around. Searching ruby gems.org brings up a few results but it seems like even these are not really maintained. You might want to check out some of the forks too and see if they are still being maintained.
Having said that, if you have the option to not use SOAP, don't. Use REST as support for it is built into Rails and likely isn't going away any time soon.
Check this gem - https://github.com/roundlake/wash_out
I'm not pleased with Net::HTTP at all, and I'm looking for a lightweight gem that will either replace that library or at the very least hide it from me.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
My vote goes to HTTParty. It's incredibly simple to use and can be as powerful as you choose. Here's a code sample:
HTTParty.get("http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json?origins=New+York+NY&destinations=Los+Angeles+CA&mode=car&language=en&sensor=false")
Pretty simple stuff depending on what you're using it for.
Try the RestClient gem:
https://github.com/archiloque/rest-client
There are a few out there.
Ruby toolbox has a http client list: http://ruby-toolbox.com/categories/http_clients.html
Personally I usually use HTTParty... or sometimes Mechanize, it's good for submitting forms
I would recommend checking the docs of each, to see which one suits your purpose best.
Hope this helps.
You might want to check out the rest gem, it was created and tested so we could find the best performing http gems by wrapping those gems and creating a standard interface to them. Turns out HTTParty and RestClient are very slow gems so I wouldn't recommend those, although you can always swap out the underlying gem in rest to see for yourself without having to change your code (other than initialization). rest gem by default will be much, much faster.
It's also very easy to use:
#rest = Rest::Client.new()
#rest.get(url, options...)
More info: https://github.com/iron-io/rest
So I'm getting started learning Rails. Now that Rails 3 is out, I want to stick to learning the Rails 3 way of doing things. One of the things I want to learn how to do is how to consume web services / work with third party REST APIs / create "mashup" applications. I've only done minimal work like this with PHP and pre-built libraries.
Can someone please lead me to some resources, best practices, or give me a quick 101 lesson on how to start working with these types of APIs? What gems should I use? Some sample code to get me started would be much appreciated.
Update: I am specifically trying to use the Google Books API (non-authenticated). Since there is no client library for this API, I'm wondering how other Ruby/Rails developers are working with APIs that don't come with their own Ruby library. That's why I'm looking for a more generic solution to working with "fill in the blank" API.
Update: After some research, I noticed the Net::HTTP library. All the tutorials that talked about it were fairly old. Is this still the best library to use for consuming RESTful web services? Or is there a newer Gem that makes this easier? I just want to know which gem/library I should use, and how to work with the XML/JSON result that is returned.
Update: This presentation was really helpful. It mentions a bunch of different libraries and shows examples of some of the libraries mentioned below: http://www.slideshare.net/pengwynn/json-and-the-apinauts
I'm a pretty big fan of HTTParty.
It's an abstraction layer on top of Net::HTTP with a nice little DSL for consuming web services. Here's a good example of how easy it is to use.
It's not without some warts (lots of dependencies) but it's really the way to go if you're on the consuming side.
I'd recommend REST with Nokogiri:
http://railscasts.com/episodes/190-screen-scraping-with-nokogiri
Nokogiri works well with xml too, not just HTML.
Weary is a really neat DSL for consuming RESTful services.
Clearly inspired by HTTParty but a bit newer and a bit more concise.
I'm looking for a Rails plugin that eases the development of a "friends" system or social networking system for the latest versions of Ruby on Rails.
Before anyone says it...I know, I should probably create it myself, from scratch. And I am fully capable of this (I think). I'm just looking for a good plugin that can a.) make life a bit easier for me and b.) give me some ideas for reference.
I tried to make my own authentication system, and did what I thought was okay, but then I switched to restful_authentication and realized how poor my system was in comparison.
Thanks in advance...
U might wanna try Community Engine
from the website
CommunityEngine is a free, open-source
social network plugin for Ruby on
Rails applications. Drop it into your
new or existing application, and
you’ll instantly have all the features
of a basic community site.
it uses engines, easy to change layouts or do modifications
real world example - http://www.weebabystuff.com/
another option I know is Insoshi as Chuck posted
updated : look at this blogpost http://jimneath.org/2008/04/25/building-a-social-network-site-in-rails/
-- Ed :) --
You could look into http://lovdbyless.com/
This is a free open-source Rails social networking app which should give you plenty of ideas and pointers.
Ronald
You HAVE to see this railscasts video.
try acts_as_network plugin
The only one I know of is Insoshi. I haven't used it myself, but it sounds like that's what you're looking for.
I would recommend using OpenID library for rails to handle authentication.
On top of what others have said, there's also acts_as_network. The bonus of this one is that it's a pure plugin (doesn't require engines). Not having to worry about engines is a huge plus. The downside, of course, is that it's not a full fledged social network. It's just a friending plugin for models.
You might want to checkout the Amistad gem. It looks pretty simple and it supports both Mongoid and Active Record.
For avatars i would use avatar and try will-paginate for pagination. other then that i love can_serach to make it alot easier to search in the database.
You should also look at the other gems by technoweenie. There is alot of great stuff there that can help you
I've just been researching this myself and chosen to go with Bort & CommunityEngine
Bort because I am familiar with it already and it provides all you need in user authentication and basic application functionality. Community Engine because it is an Engines based plugin and some aspects of Engines are being merged into Rails 2.3 so I know what I learn will continue to be useful and because CommunityEngine seems more modular while lovedbyess and Insoshi seem more like complete applications and I suspect it would likely be more work to disentangle the features I want from the ones I don't. However, take that with a huge grain of salt since it is just based on high-level quick browse initial impressions.
If you just want an activity feed then there is the activity streams plugin