Class ActiveResource::Connection
In: vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb
vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/http_mock.rb
Parent: Object

Class to handle connections to remote web services. This class is used by ActiveResource::Base to interface with REST services.

Methods

delete   get   head   new   password=   post   put   requests   site=   timeout=   user=  

Constants

HTTP_FORMAT_HEADER_NAMES = { :get => 'Accept', :put => 'Content-Type', :post => 'Content-Type', :delete => 'Accept'

Attributes

format  [RW] 
password  [R] 
site  [R] 
timeout  [R] 
user  [R] 

Public Class methods

new(site, format = ActiveResource::Formats[:xml])

The site parameter is required and will set the site attribute to the URI for the remote resource service.

[Source]

    # File vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 84
84:     def initialize(site, format = ActiveResource::Formats[:xml])
85:       raise ArgumentError, 'Missing site URI' unless site
86:       @user = @password = nil
87:       self.site = site
88:       self.format = format
89:     end
requests()

[Source]

    # File vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 77
77:       def requests
78:         @@requests ||= []
79:       end

Public Instance methods

delete(path, headers = {})

Execute a DELETE request (see HTTP protocol documentation if unfamiliar). Used to delete resources.

[Source]

     # File vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 121
121:     def delete(path, headers = {})
122:       request(:delete, path, build_request_headers(headers, :delete))
123:     end
get(path, headers = {})

Execute a GET request. Used to get (find) resources.

[Source]

     # File vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 115
115:     def get(path, headers = {})
116:       format.decode(request(:get, path, build_request_headers(headers, :get)).body)
117:     end
head(path, headers = {})

Execute a HEAD request. Used to obtain meta-information about resources, such as whether they exist and their size (via response headers).

[Source]

     # File vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 139
139:     def head(path, headers = {})
140:       request(:head, path, build_request_headers(headers))
141:     end
password=(password)

Set password for remote service.

[Source]

     # File vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 104
104:     def password=(password)
105:       @password = password
106:     end
post(path, body = '', headers = {})

Execute a POST request. Used to create new resources.

[Source]

     # File vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 133
133:     def post(path, body = '', headers = {})
134:       request(:post, path, body.to_s, build_request_headers(headers, :post))
135:     end
put(path, body = '', headers = {})

Execute a PUT request (see HTTP protocol documentation if unfamiliar). Used to update resources.

[Source]

     # File vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 127
127:     def put(path, body = '', headers = {})
128:       request(:put, path, body.to_s, build_request_headers(headers, :put))
129:     end
site=(site)

Set URI for remote service.

[Source]

    # File vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 92
92:     def site=(site)
93:       @site = site.is_a?(URI) ? site : URI.parse(site)
94:       @user = URI.decode(@site.user) if @site.user
95:       @password = URI.decode(@site.password) if @site.password
96:     end
timeout=(timeout)

Set the number of seconds after which HTTP requests to the remote service should time out.

[Source]

     # File vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 109
109:     def timeout=(timeout)
110:       @timeout = timeout
111:     end
user=(user)

Set user for remote service.

[Source]

     # File vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 99
 99:     def user=(user)
100:       @user = user
101:     end

[Validate]