Class RestClient::Resource
In: lib/resource.rb
Parent: Object

A class that can be instantiated for access to a RESTful resource, including authentication.

Example:

  resource = RestClient::Resource.new('http://some/resource')
  jpg = resource.get(:accept => 'image/jpg')

With HTTP basic authentication:

  resource = RestClient::Resource.new('http://protected/resource', 'user', 'pass')
  resource.delete

Use the [] syntax to allocate subresources:

  site = RestClient::Resource.new('http://example.com', 'adam', 'mypasswd')
  site['posts/1/comments'].post 'Good article.', :content_type => 'text/plain'

Methods

[]   delete   get   new   post   put  

Attributes

password  [R] 
url  [R] 
user  [R] 

Public Class methods

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    # File lib/resource.rb, line 23
23:                 def initialize(url, user=nil, password=nil)
24:                         @url = url
25:                         @user = user
26:                         @password = password
27:                 end

Public Instance methods

Construct a subresource, preserving authentication.

Example:

  site = RestClient::Resource.new('http://example.com', 'adam', 'mypasswd')
  site['posts/1/comments'].post 'Good article.', :content_type => 'text/plain'

This is especially useful if you wish to define your site in one place and call it in multiple locations:

  def orders
    RestClient::Resource.new('http://example.com/orders', 'admin', 'mypasswd')
  end

  orders.get                     # GET http://example.com/orders
  orders['1'].get                # GET http://example.com/orders/1
  orders['1/items'].delete       # DELETE http://example.com/orders/1/items

Nest resources as far as you want:

  site = RestClient::Resource.new('http://example.com')
  posts = site['posts']
  first_post = posts['1']
  comments = first_post['comments']
  comments.post 'Hello', :content_type => 'text/plain'

[Source]

    # File lib/resource.rb, line 89
89:                 def [](suburl)
90:                         self.class.new(concat_urls(url, suburl), user, password)
91:                 end

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    # File lib/resource.rb, line 55
55:                 def delete(headers={})
56:                         Request.execute(:method => :delete,
57:                                 :url => url,
58:                                 :user => user,
59:                                 :password => password,
60:                                 :headers => headers)
61:                 end

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    # File lib/resource.rb, line 29
29:                 def get(headers={})
30:                         Request.execute(:method => :get,
31:                                 :url => url,
32:                                 :user => user,
33:                                 :password => password,
34:                                 :headers => headers)
35:                 end

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    # File lib/resource.rb, line 37
37:                 def post(payload, headers={})
38:                         Request.execute(:method => :post,
39:                                 :url => url,
40:                                 :payload => payload,
41:                                 :user => user,
42:                                 :password => password,
43:                                 :headers => headers)
44:                 end

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    # File lib/resource.rb, line 46
46:                 def put(payload, headers={})
47:                         Request.execute(:method => :put,
48:                                 :url => url,
49:                                 :payload => payload,
50:                                 :user => user,
51:                                 :password => password,
52:                                 :headers => headers)
53:                 end

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