Examining Rails APIs
Examining Rails APIs Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
Rails is an MVC framework that facilitates the use of web standards such as JSON and XML for data transfer, and HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for display and user interfacing. In this course, you will learn the basics for creating an API, how to use Postman, and how to implement API authentication.
Target Audience
Programmers looking to expand their skill set in the Rails environment
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
2.4
Lesson Objectives Examining Rails APIs
start the course
create an API application
add rails-api to an existing project
use Postman to test results
work with endpoints for INDEX and CREATE
work with endpoint for SHOW, UPDATE, and DESTROY
render JSON manually
render JSON with active_model_serializers
use versioning
generate access tokens for authentication
use SessionsController for issuing and validating access tokens
use the authenticate_or_request_with_http_token method
perform authentication with Devise
set up Apipie Gem
document resources and actions using Apipie
customize validators for Apipie
use RDoc for documentation
use Rack::Test to test HTTP response codes
work with log directories
implement Unicorn as a web server
use Kaminari for pagination
create search forms with Ransack
describe the basics of elasticsearch
manipulate CSV files
use rjb to connect Ruby with Java
customize error pages
put search on an API endpoint
Course Number: sd_rorf_a05_it_enus
Expertise Level
Intermediate
