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Resource-oriented microframework for RESTful API
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 Dependencies

Development

= 1.2.3
= 0.6.3

Runtime

~> 2.0
~> 1.2
 Project Readme

Traim

Traim is a microframework for building a RESTful API service from your existing Active Record models.

Getting started

Installation

gem install traim

Usage

Here's a simple application:

# cat hello_traim.rb

Traim.config do |app|
  app.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
end

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
end

Traim.application do
  resource :users do
    # Inject user model
    model User

    # Response json: {id: 1, name: “example"}
    attribute :id
    attribute :name

    # POST /users
    action :create

    # GET /users/:id
    action :show

    # PUT /users/:id
    action :update

    # DELETE /users/:id
    action :destroy
  end
end

Put your Active Record configuration in config/database.yml

To run it, you can create a config.ru file

# cat config.ru
require 'hello_traim.rb'

run Traim

Then run rackup.

Now, you already get a basic CRUD RESTful API from the User ActiveRecord model.

Customizable action

By default, action can be easily used to create an endpoint for CRUD operations. You can write your own endpoint as well.

Traim.application do
  resources :users do
    model User

    attribute :id

    action :show do

      # attribute for single action
      attribute :name

      user = model.find_by_email params["email"]
      user.name = "[admin] #{user.name}"
      user
    end

    action :create
  end
end

Response

{"id": 1, "name": "[admin] travis"}

Associations

Create a nested JSON reponse with an Active Record association

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :books
end

class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user
end

Traim.application do
  resources :users do
    model User

    attribute :id
    attribute :name

    action :show

    has_many: books
  end

  resources :books do
    model Book

    attribute :isbn
  end
end

Response

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "travis",
  "books": [
    {"isbn": "978-1-61-729109-8"},
    {"isbn": "561-6-28-209847-7"},
    {"isbn": "527-3-83-394862-5"}
  ]
}

Member

Member block can add actions to a specific record with id

Traim.application do
  resources :users do
    model User

    attribute :id
    attribute :name

    member :blurred do

      # GET /users/1/blurred
      show do
        record.name[1..2] = 'xx'
        record
      end
    end
  end
end

Collection

Collection block can add actions to operate resources

Traim.application do
  resources :users do
    model User

    attribute :id
    attribute :name

    collection :admin do

      # GET /users/admin
      show do
        model.all
      end

      # POST /users/admin
      create do
        model.create(params)
      end
    end
  end
end

Namespaces

Organize groups of resources under a namespace. Most commonly, you might arrange resources for versioning.

Traim.application do
  namespace :api do
    namespace :v1 do
      resources :users do
        model User

        attribute :id
        attribute :name

        # endpoint: /api/v1/users
        action :show
      end
    end

    namespace :v2 do
      resources :users do
        model User

        attribute :id
        attribute :name

        # endpoint: /api/v2/users
        action :show
      end
    end
  end
end

Helpers

You can define helper methods that your endpoints can use with the helpers to deal with some common flow controls, like authentication or authorization.

Traim.application do
  resources :users do
    helpers do
      def auth(user_id) 
        raise BadRequestError.new(message: "unauthenticated request") unless model.exists?(id: user_id)

        # attribute can be added in helpers as well
        attribute :name
      end
    end

    model User

    attribute :id

    action :show do
      auth(params["id"])
      record
    end
  end
end

Virtual attributes

Built-in attribute is generate response fields from model. Visual can help you present fields outside of model attributes.

Traim.application do
  resources :users do
    model User

    attribute :id
    attribute :name

    attribute :vattr do |record|
      "#{record.id} : #{record.email}"
    end

    action :show
  end
end

Response

{"id": 1, "name": "travis", "vattr": "1 : travis"}

Parameters whitelist

Built-in model operations are using mass assignment. For security concern, Parameters can be whitelisted with permit option.

Traim.application do
  resources :users do
    model User

    attribute :id
    attribute :name

    action :create, permit: ["name"]
  end
end