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Han JeongTaek
Han JeongTaek

Reputation: 31

Ruby on rails: Add api to existing web application

I want to make my web service by using RoR and extend this service to mobile.

I searched how to connect RoR with android on google, However , The answer is building new ROR application with API only mode.

But I want to add API to the existing web application. How can i do this?

thank you!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1088

Answers (1)

Muhammad Umair
Muhammad Umair

Reputation: 312

The simple workaround is to create a api folder(api/v1 incase you are also planning versioning in future) in controllers,views & helpers.

Create a controller in controllers folder & the content would be like:

class Api::V1::TestsController < ApplicationController
  def show
    render 'show.json.jbuilder'
  end
end

User Jbuilder to return response in json format. There would be a json view api/tests/show.json.jbuilder.

The content of that file would be like:

json.equipment do  
  json.id @contact.id  
  json.name @contact.name  
  json.type @contact.type  
end

and you are good to go.

Upvotes: 2

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