module ActionController #:nodoc: module MimeResponds #:nodoc: extend ActiveSupport::Concern included do class_inheritable_reader :mimes_for_respond_to clear_respond_to end module ClassMethods # Defines mimes that are rendered by default when invoking respond_with. # # Examples: # # respond_to :html, :xml, :json # # All actions on your controller will respond to :html, :xml and :json. # # But if you want to specify it based on your actions, you can use only and # except: # # respond_to :html # respond_to :xml, :json, :except => [ :edit ] # # The definition above explicits that all actions respond to :html. And all # actions except :edit respond to :xml and :json. # # You can specify also only parameters: # # respond_to :rjs, :only => :create # def respond_to(*mimes) options = mimes.extract_options! only_actions = Array(options.delete(:only)) except_actions = Array(options.delete(:except)) mimes.each do |mime| mime = mime.to_sym mimes_for_respond_to[mime] = {} mimes_for_respond_to[mime][:only] = only_actions unless only_actions.empty? mimes_for_respond_to[mime][:except] = except_actions unless except_actions.empty? end end # Clear all mimes in respond_to. # def clear_respond_to write_inheritable_attribute(:mimes_for_respond_to, ActiveSupport::OrderedHash.new) end end # Without web-service support, an action which collects the data for displaying a list of people # might look something like this: # # def index # @people = Person.find(:all) # end # # Here's the same action, with web-service support baked in: # # def index # @people = Person.find(:all) # # respond_to do |format| # format.html # format.xml { render :xml => @people.to_xml } # end # end # # What that says is, "if the client wants HTML in response to this action, just respond as we # would have before, but if the client wants XML, return them the list of people in XML format." # (Rails determines the desired response format from the HTTP Accept header submitted by the client.) # # Supposing you have an action that adds a new person, optionally creating their company # (by name) if it does not already exist, without web-services, it might look like this: # # def create # @company = Company.find_or_create_by_name(params[:company][:name]) # @person = @company.people.create(params[:person]) # # redirect_to(person_list_url) # end # # Here's the same action, with web-service support baked in: # # def create # company = params[:person].delete(:company) # @company = Company.find_or_create_by_name(company[:name]) # @person = @company.people.create(params[:person]) # # respond_to do |format| # format.html { redirect_to(person_list_url) } # format.js # format.xml { render :xml => @person.to_xml(:include => @company) } # end # end # # If the client wants HTML, we just redirect them back to the person list. If they want Javascript # (format.js), then it is an RJS request and we render the RJS template associated with this action. # Lastly, if the client wants XML, we render the created person as XML, but with a twist: we also # include the person's company in the rendered XML, so you get something like this: # # # ... # ... # # ... # ... # ... # # # # Note, however, the extra bit at the top of that action: # # company = params[:person].delete(:company) # @company = Company.find_or_create_by_name(company[:name]) # # This is because the incoming XML document (if a web-service request is in process) can only contain a # single root-node. So, we have to rearrange things so that the request looks like this (url-encoded): # # person[name]=...&person[company][name]=...&... # # And, like this (xml-encoded): # # # ... # # ... # # # # In other words, we make the request so that it operates on a single entity's person. Then, in the action, # we extract the company data from the request, find or create the company, and then create the new person # with the remaining data. # # Note that you can define your own XML parameter parser which would allow you to describe multiple entities # in a single request (i.e., by wrapping them all in a single root node), but if you just go with the flow # and accept Rails' defaults, life will be much easier. # # If you need to use a MIME type which isn't supported by default, you can register your own handlers in # environment.rb as follows. # # Mime::Type.register "image/jpg", :jpg # # Respond to also allows you to specify a common block for different formats by using any: # # def index # @people = Person.find(:all) # # respond_to do |format| # format.html # format.any(:xml, :json) { render request.format.to_sym => @people } # end # end # # In the example above, if the format is xml, it will render: # # render :xml => @people # # Or if the format is json: # # render :json => @people # # Since this is a common pattern, you can use the class method respond_to # with the respond_with method to have the same results: # # class PeopleController < ApplicationController # respond_to :html, :xml, :json # # def index # @people = Person.find(:all) # respond_with(@person) # end # end # # Be sure to check respond_with and respond_to documentation for more examples. # def respond_to(*mimes, &block) raise ArgumentError, "respond_to takes either types or a block, never both" if mimes.any? && block_given? responder = Responder.new mimes = collect_mimes_from_class_level if mimes.empty? mimes.each { |mime| responder.send(mime) } block.call(responder) if block_given? if format = request.negotiate_mime(responder.order) self.formats = [format.to_sym] if response = responder.response_for(format) response.call else default_render end else head :not_acceptable end end # respond_with allows you to respond an action with a given resource. It # requires that you set your class with a respond_to method with the # formats allowed: # # class PeopleController < ApplicationController # respond_to :html, :xml, :json # # def index # @people = Person.find(:all) # respond_with(@people) # end # end # # When a request comes, for example with format :xml, three steps happen: # # 1) respond_with searches for a template at people/index.xml; # # 2) if the template is not available, it will check if the given # resource responds to :to_xml. # # 3) if a :location option was provided, redirect to the location with # redirect status if a string was given, or render an action if a # symbol was given. # # If all steps fail, a missing template error will be raised. # # === Supported options # # [status] # Sets the response status. # # [head] # Tell respond_with to set the content type, status and location header, # but do not render the object, leaving the response body empty. This # option only has effect if the resource is being rendered. If a # template was found, it's going to be rendered anyway. # # [location] # Sets the location header with the given value. It accepts a string, # representing the location header value, or a symbol representing an # action name. # # === Builtin HTTP verb semantics # # respond_with holds semantics for each HTTP verb. Depending on the verb # and the resource status, respond_with will automatically set the options # above. # # Above we saw an example for GET requests, where actually no option is # configured. A create action for POST requests, could be written as: # # def create # @person = Person.new(params[:person]) # @person.save # respond_with(@person) # end # # respond_with will inspect the @person object and check if we have any # error. If errors are empty, it will add status and location to the options # hash. Then the create action in case of success, is equivalent to this: # # respond_with(@person, :status => :created, :location => @person) # # From them on, the lookup happens as described above. Let's suppose a :xml # request and we don't have a people/create.xml template. But since the # @person object responds to :to_xml, it will render the newly created # resource and set status and location. # # However, if the request is :html, a template is not available and @person # does not respond to :to_html. But since a :location options was provided, # it will redirect to it. # # In case of failures (when the @person could not be saved and errors are # not empty), respond_with can be expanded as this: # # respond_with(@person.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity, :location => :new) # # In other words, respond_with(@person) for POST requests is expanded # internally into this: # # def create # @person = Person.new(params[:person]) # # if @person.save # respond_with(@person, :status => :created, :location => @person) # else # respond_with(@person.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity, :location => :new) # end # end # # For an update action for PUT requests, we would have: # # def update # @person = Person.find(params[:id]) # @person.update_attributes(params[:person]) # respond_with(@person) # end # # Which, in face of success and failure scenarios, can be expanded as: # # def update # @person = Person.find(params[:id]) # @person.update_attributes(params[:person]) # # if @person.save # respond_with(@person, :status => :ok, :location => @person, :head => true) # else # respond_with(@person.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity, :location => :edit) # end # end # # Notice that in case of success, we just need to reply :ok to the client. # The option :head ensures that the object is not rendered. # # Finally, we have the destroy action with DELETE verb: # # def destroy # @person = Person.find(params[:id]) # @person.destroy # respond_with(@person) # end # # Which is expanded as: # # def destroy # @person = Person.find(params[:id]) # @person.destroy # respond_with(@person, :status => :ok, :location => @person, :head => true) # end # # In this case, since @person.destroyed? returns true, polymorphic urls will # redirect to the collection url, instead of the resource url. # def respond_with(resource, options={}, &block) respond_to(&block) rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate => e format = self.formats.first resource = normalize_resource_options_by_verb(resource, options) action = options.delete(:location) if options[:location].is_a?(Symbol) if resource.respond_to?(:"to_#{format}") options.delete(:head) ? head(options) : render(options.merge(format => resource)) elsif action render :action => action elsif options[:location] redirect_to options[:location] else raise e end end protected # Change respond with behavior based on the HTTP verb. # def normalize_resource_options_by_verb(resource_or_array, options) resource = resource_or_array.is_a?(Array) ? resource_or_array.last : resource_or_array if resource.respond_to?(:errors) && !resource.errors.empty? options[:status] ||= :unprocessable_entity options[:location] ||= :new if request.post? options[:location] ||= :edit if request.put? return resource.errors elsif !request.get? options[:location] ||= resource_or_array if request.post? options[:status] ||= :created else options[:status] ||= :ok options[:head] = true unless options.key?(:head) end end return resource end # Collect mimes declared in the class method respond_to valid for the # current action. # def collect_mimes_from_class_level #:nodoc: action = action_name.to_sym mimes_for_respond_to.keys.select do |mime| config = mimes_for_respond_to[mime] if config[:except] !config[:except].include?(action) elsif config[:only] config[:only].include?(action) else true end end end class Responder #:nodoc: attr_accessor :order def initialize @order, @responses = [], {} end def any(*args, &block) if args.any? args.each { |type| send(type, &block) } else custom(Mime::ALL, &block) end end alias :all :any def custom(mime_type, &block) mime_type = mime_type.is_a?(Mime::Type) ? mime_type : Mime::Type.lookup(mime_type.to_s) @order << mime_type @responses[mime_type] ||= block end def response_for(mime) @responses[mime] || @responses[Mime::ALL] end def self.generate_method_for_mime(mime) sym = mime.is_a?(Symbol) ? mime : mime.to_sym const = sym.to_s.upcase class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def #{sym}(&block) # def html(&block) custom(Mime::#{const}, &block) # custom(Mime::HTML, &block) end # end RUBY end Mime::SET.each do |mime| generate_method_for_mime(mime) end def method_missing(symbol, &block) mime_constant = Mime.const_get(symbol.to_s.upcase) if Mime::SET.include?(mime_constant) self.class.generate_method_for_mime(mime_constant) send(symbol, &block) else super end end end end end