Restful API in rails 3

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How should I go about creating a restful API in rails 3 app? Also I would like to know if there is a good way to implement restful authentication

If you need help creating json or xml response responses, I've written a blog post that will help: http://www.tmatthew.net/blog/rails_to_api — tybro0103, Jun 28 '11 at 20:08

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '11 at 03:12

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Restful API in rails 3? Rails is restful.. just use routes [guide]

As for authentication, i strongly recommend devise. It's also the only one I have managed to get working on rails 3.

answered Mar 18 '11 at 03:12

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '12 at 16:47

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If you're looking for a way to authenticate applications that are using your API, checkout the the restful_api_authentication gem - https://rubygems.org/gems/restful_api_authentication

answered Jun 08 '12 at 16:47

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 16 '11 at 20:09

The easiest way to create RESTful authentication in Rails is the combination of a User Model and a Session controller. So you will have new(login), create(authenticate), destroy(logout) actions in the Session controller. Depending on the app its fairly easy to write your own authentication. This screencast shows how easy it is. Authentication in Rails 3.1

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 06 '11 at 17:21

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You can use plugin grape

answered Dec 06 '11 at 17:21

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