def_resource

DefResource

A way to DRY up Rails Controllers that are essentially providing an HTTP interface for a REST Resource.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'def_resource'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Usage

The simplest way to use this gem is to execute the def_resource method in a controller

class UsersController < ApplicationController
  def_resource
end

This essentially creates generic index, new, show, create, edit, update, and destroy methods on your controller for the User model. If that is all you need, then you're done. Of course you can override any of those method with your own by simply defining them in your controller.

Accessing your Models

For member actions, you can access the model instance in the view in one of two ways:

• The generic resource method
• The name of the model (eg: user)

For collection actions (like index), the collection can be accessed in one of two ways:

• The generic resources method
• The plural name of the model (eg: users)

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request