I have a restful app which is laid out in true restful fashion. But I need a way to dump all the info since the purpose of this app is to generate a config file. Do I create a new model and have the index of that do the dump? I don''t want to just iterate through the individual records with Show bc I do need to run som logic over the sum of data. So do I just scaffold something called dump and have index of /dump output the config file? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Oct 16, 11:20 am, Digant Kasundra <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net> wrote:> I have a restful app which is laid out in true restful fashion. But I > need a way to dump all the info since the purpose of this app is to > generate a config file. Do I create a new model and have the index of > that do the dump? I don''t want to just iterate through the individual > records with Show bc I do need to run som logic over the sum of data. > > So do I just scaffold something called dump and have index of /dump > output the config file? > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.Sounds to me like you want a new controller with a create action to generate the config file. That would be restful approach. Jeff purpleworkshops.com softiesonrails.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Oooh... I''m gonna throw my own spin on this and say tha it should not
be a
create... but instead a retrieve. While it''s true you might be
"creating" a
new dump, you actually want to "GET" the configuration from the
system.
Just like when you request a resource that might be XML,. you don''t
"create
a new dump of the objects in xml" , you request them as xml, and you call
@foos.to_xml, where Rails creates the XML on the fly and renders it.
So....
# routes.rb
map.resource :configuration
# configurations_controller.rb....
class ConfigurationsController < ApplicationController
def show
@some_model = SomeModel.build_configuration
# some rendering to the view, or send_file, or send_data or whatever
end
end
That, to me, seems the appropriate method. UNLESS you really are letting
people create a configuration that you want to persist somewhere for later
retrieval, then the create action might be appropriate. But it sounds to me
like you really are doing a RETRIEVAL, so that sounds like GET
/configuration
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Jeff
<cohen.jeff-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> On Oct 16, 11:20 am, Digant Kasundra <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
> s.net> wrote:
> > I have a restful app which is laid out in true restful fashion. But I
> > need a way to dump all the info since the purpose of this app is to
> > generate a config file. Do I create a new model and have the index of
> > that do the dump? I don''t want to just iterate through the
individual
> > records with Show bc I do need to run som logic over the sum of data.
> >
> > So do I just scaffold something called dump and have index of /dump
> > output the config file?
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> Sounds to me like you want a new controller with a create action to
> generate the config file. That would be restful approach.
>
> Jeff
>
> purpleworkshops.com
> softiesonrails.com
>
> >
>
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On Oct 16, 3:57 pm, "Brian Hogan" <bpho...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Oooh... I''m gonna throw my own spin on this and say tha it should not be a > create... but instead a retrieve. While it''s true you might be "creating" a > new dump, you actually want to "GET" the configuration from the system.That''s another good way to look at it. Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---