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diff --git a/guides/source/api_app.md b/guides/source/api_app.md index f373d313cc..b4d90d31de 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_app.md +++ b/guides/source/api_app.md @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ **DO NOT READ THIS FILE ON GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED ON http://guides.rubyonrails.org.** - Using Rails for API-only Applications ===================================== @@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ What is an API Application? Traditionally, when people said that they used Rails as an "API", they meant providing a programmatically accessible API alongside their web application. -For example, GitHub provides [an API](http://developer.github.com) that you +For example, GitHub provides [an API](https://developer.github.com) that you can use from your own custom clients. With the advent of client-side frameworks, more developers are using Rails to @@ -66,9 +65,9 @@ Handled at the middleware layer: about the request environment, database queries, and basic performance information. - Security: Rails detects and thwarts [IP spoofing - attacks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address_spoofing) and handles + attacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address_spoofing) and handles cryptographic signatures in a [timing - attack](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack) aware way. Don't know what + attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack) aware way. Don't know what an IP spoofing attack or a timing attack is? Exactly. - Parameter Parsing: Want to specify your parameters as JSON instead of as a URL-encoded String? No problem. Rails will decode the JSON for you and make @@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ Handled at the Action Pack layer: means not having to spend time thinking about how to model your API in terms of HTTP. - URL Generation: The flip side of routing is URL generation. A good API based - on HTTP includes URLs (see [the GitHub Gist API](http://developer.github.com/v3/gists/) + on HTTP includes URLs (see [the GitHub Gist API](https://developer.github.com/v3/gists/) for an example). - Header and Redirection Responses: `head :no_content` and `redirect_to user_url(current_user)` come in handy. Sure, you could manually @@ -206,10 +205,10 @@ An API application comes with the following middleware by default: - `ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware` - `Rack::Runtime` - `ActionDispatch::RequestId` +- `ActionDispatch::RemoteIp` - `Rails::Rack::Logger` - `ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions` - `ActionDispatch::DebugExceptions` -- `ActionDispatch::RemoteIp` - `ActionDispatch::Reloader` - `ActionDispatch::Callbacks` - `ActiveRecord::Migration::CheckPending` @@ -360,7 +359,7 @@ middleware set, you can remove it with: config.middleware.delete ::Rack::Sendfile ``` -Keep in mind that removing these middleware will remove support for certain +Keep in mind that removing these middlewares will remove support for certain features in Action Controller. Choosing Controller Modules @@ -385,8 +384,9 @@ 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, +- `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. +- `ActionController::Head`: Support for returning a response with no content, only headers Other plugins may add additional modules. You can get a list of all modules included into `ActionController::API` in the rails console: @@ -394,12 +394,12 @@ 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, +=> [ActionController::API, + ActiveRecord::Railties::ControllerRuntime, + ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet::MountedHelpers, + ActionController::ParamsWrapper, + ... , + AbstractController::Rendering, ActionView::ViewPaths] ``` @@ -413,8 +413,10 @@ Some common modules you might want to add: - `AbstractController::Translation`: Support for the `l` and `t` localization and translation methods. -- `ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic` (or `Digest` or `Token`): Support - for basic, digest or token HTTP authentication. +- Support for basic, digest or token HTTP authentication: + * `ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic::ControllerMethods`, + * `ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Digest::ControllerMethods`, + * `ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Token::ControllerMethods` - `ActionView::Layouts`: Support for layouts when rendering. - `ActionController::MimeResponds`: Support for `respond_to`. - `ActionController::Cookies`: Support for `cookies`, which includes |