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diff --git a/guides/source/api_app.md b/guides/source/api_app.md index 8dba914923..f373d313cc 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_app.md +++ b/guides/source/api_app.md @@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ Handled at the middleware layer: code. All you need to do is use the [`stale?`](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/ConditionalGet.html#method-i-stale-3F) check in your controller, and Rails will handle all of the HTTP details for you. -- Caching: If you use `dirty?` with public cache control, Rails will automatically - cache your responses. You can easily configure the cache store. - HEAD requests: Rails will transparently convert `HEAD` requests into `GET` ones, and return just the headers on the way out. This makes `HEAD` work reliably in all Rails APIs. @@ -181,7 +179,7 @@ To render debugging information preserving the response format, use the value `: config.debug_exception_response_format = :api ``` -By default, `config.debug_exception_response_format` is set to `:api`. +By default, `config.debug_exception_response_format` is set to `:api`, when `config.api_only` is set to true. Finally, inside `app/controllers/application_controller.rb`, instead of: @@ -204,7 +202,7 @@ An API application comes with the following middleware by default: - `Rack::Sendfile` - `ActionDispatch::Static` -- `ActionDispatch::LoadInterlock` +- `ActionDispatch::Executor` - `ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware` - `Rack::Runtime` - `ActionDispatch::RequestId` @@ -214,6 +212,7 @@ An API application comes with the following middleware by default: - `ActionDispatch::RemoteIp` - `ActionDispatch::Reloader` - `ActionDispatch::Callbacks` +- `ActiveRecord::Migration::CheckPending` - `Rack::Head` - `Rack::ConditionalGet` - `Rack::ETag` @@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ You can learn more about how to use `Rack::Sendfile` with popular front-ends in [the Rack::Sendfile documentation](http://rubydoc.info/github/rack/rack/master/Rack/Sendfile). -Here are some values for popular servers, once they are configured, to support +Here are some values for this header for some popular servers, once these servers are configured to support accelerated file sending: ```ruby @@ -341,7 +340,7 @@ API application, especially if one of your API clients is the browser: - `Rack::MethodOverride` - `ActionDispatch::Cookies` - `ActionDispatch::Flash` -- For sessions management +- For session management * `ActionDispatch::Session::CacheStore` * `ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore` * `ActionDispatch::Session::MemCacheStore` @@ -375,10 +374,8 @@ controller modules by default: - `AbstractController::Rendering` and `ActionController::ApiRendering`: Basic support for rendering. - `ActionController::Renderers::All`: Support for `render :json` and friends. - `ActionController::ConditionalGet`: Support for `stale?`. -- `ActionController::BasicImplicitRender`: Makes sure to return an empty response - if there's not an explicit one. -- `ActionController::StrongParameters`: Support for parameters white-listing in - combination with Active Model mass assignment. +- `ActionController::BasicImplicitRender`: Makes sure to return an empty response, if there isn't an explicit one. +- `ActionController::StrongParameters`: Support for parameters white-listing in combination with Active Model mass assignment. - `ActionController::ForceSSL`: Support for `force_ssl`. - `ActionController::DataStreaming`: Support for `send_file` and `send_data`. - `AbstractController::Callbacks`: Support for `before_action` and @@ -388,8 +385,8 @@ controller modules by default: hooks defined by Action Controller (see [the instrumentation guide](active_support_instrumentation.html#action-controller) for more information regarding this). -- `ActionController::ParamsWrapper`: Wraps the parameters hash into a nested hash - so you don't have to specify root elements sending POST requests for instance. +- `ActionController::ParamsWrapper`: Wraps the parameters hash into a nested hash, + so that you don't have to specify root elements sending POST requests for instance. Other plugins may add additional modules. You can get a list of all modules included into `ActionController::API` in the rails console: @@ -397,6 +394,13 @@ included into `ActionController::API` in the rails console: ```bash $ bin/rails c >> ActionController::API.ancestors - ActionController::Metal.ancestors +=> [ActionController::API, + ActiveRecord::Railties::ControllerRuntime, + ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet::MountedHelpers, + ActionController::ParamsWrapper, + ... , + AbstractController::Rendering, + ActionView::ViewPaths] ``` ### Adding Other Modules @@ -411,7 +415,7 @@ Some common modules you might want to add: and translation methods. - `ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic` (or `Digest` or `Token`): Support for basic, digest or token HTTP authentication. -- `AbstractController::Layouts`: Support for layouts when rendering. +- `ActionView::Layouts`: Support for layouts when rendering. - `ActionController::MimeResponds`: Support for `respond_to`. - `ActionController::Cookies`: Support for `cookies`, which includes support for signed and encrypted cookies. This requires the cookies middleware. |