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Adim
Adim

Reputation: 811

How do I create functions in Sinatra?

I have a Sinatra script, and I have a a common method or set of actions that I use in multiple places and I would like to abstract this out to a method. I am unable to find documentation to help me accomplish this, please does anyone have any ideas?

A typical script looks like this:

require 'sinatra'

get '/' do
 'Hello world!'
end

get '/statement' do
 'Hello world!'
end

What will be the syntax if I wanted to create a function called greetings() that displays "Hello world" for both / and /statement?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1404

Answers (2)

AndyV
AndyV

Reputation: 3741

Sinatra supports a 'helpers' block: http://www.sitepoint.com/using-sinatra-helpers-to-clean-up-your-code/

Upvotes: 1

the Tin Man
the Tin Man

Reputation: 160551

Have you tried using def? Sinatra uses a DSL, but that doesn't rule out normal Ruby stuff.

require 'sinatra'

def greetings()
  'Hello world!'
end

get '/' do
  greetings()
end

get '/statement' do
  greetings()
end

Saving that to "test.rb" and running it with ruby test.rb, then connecting to the running instance at: http://localhost:4567 lets me see either handler respond using greetings().

Upvotes: 5

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