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diff --git a/guides/source/api_app.md b/guides/source/api_app.md index 86baa9ee84..92ef71aa0d 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_app.md +++ b/guides/source/api_app.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ In this guide you will learn: * What Rails provides for API-only applications * How to configure Rails to start without any browser features -* How to decide which middlewares you will want to include +* How to decide which middleware you will want to include * How to decide which modules to use in your controller -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Handled at the middleware layer: and return just the headers on the way out. This makes `HEAD` work reliably in all Rails APIs. -While you could obviously build these up in terms of existing Rack middlewares, +While you could obviously build these up in terms of existing Rack middleware, this list demonstrates that the default Rails middleware stack provides a lot of value, even if you're "just generating JSON". @@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ $ rails new my_api --api This will do three main things for you: -- Configure your application to start with a more limited set of middlewares +- Configure your application to start with a more limited set of middleware than normal. Specifically, it will not include any middleware primarily useful for browser applications (like cookies support) by default. - Make `ApplicationController` inherit from `ActionController::API` instead of - `ActionController::Base`. As with middlewares, this will leave out any Action + `ActionController::Base`. As with middleware, this will leave out any Action Controller modules that provide functionalities primarily used by browser applications. - Configure the generators to skip generating views, helpers and assets when @@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::API end ``` -Choosing Middlewares +Choosing Middleware -------------------- -An API application comes with the following middlewares by default: +An API application comes with the following middleware by default: - `Rack::Sendfile` - `ActionDispatch::Static` @@ -206,14 +206,14 @@ An API application comes with the following middlewares by default: - `Rack::ConditionalGet` - `Rack::ETag` -See the [internal middlewares](rails_on_rack.html#internal-middleware-stack) +See the [internal middleware](rails_on_rack.html#internal-middleware-stack) section of the Rack guide for further information on them. -Other plugins, including Active Record, may add additional middlewares. In -general, these middlewares are agnostic to the type of application you are +Other plugins, including Active Record, may add additional middleware. In +general, these middleware are agnostic to the type of application you are building, and make sense in an API-only Rails application. -You can get a list of all middlewares in your application via: +You can get a list of all middleware in your application via: ```bash $ rails middleware @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ will be: ### Other Middlewares -Rails ships with a number of other middlewares that you might want to use in an +Rails ships with a number of other middleware that you might want to use in an API application, especially if one of your API clients is the browser: - `Rack::MethodOverride` @@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ API application, especially if one of your API clients is the browser: * `ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore` * `ActionDispatch::Session::MemCacheStore` -Any of these middlewares can be added via: +Any of these middleware can be added via: ```ruby config.middleware.use Rack::MethodOverride ``` -### Removing Middlewares +### Removing Middleware If you don't want to use a middleware that is included by default in the API-only middleware set, you can remove it with: @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ middleware set, you can remove it with: config.middleware.delete ::Rack::Sendfile ``` -Keep in mind that removing these middlewares will remove support for certain +Keep in mind that removing these middleware will remove support for certain features in Action Controller. Choosing Controller Modules |