A module to support custom REST methods and sub-resources, allowing you to break out of the “default” REST methods with your own custom resource requests. For example, say you use Rails to expose a REST service and configure your routes with:

  map.resources :people, :new => { :register => :post },
                         :member => { :promote => :put, :deactivate => :delete }
                         :collection => { :active => :get }

This route set creates routes for the following HTTP requests:

  POST    /people/ew/register.json # PeopleController.register
  PUT     /people/1/promote.json    # PeopleController.promote with :id => 1
  DELETE  /people/1/deactivate.json # PeopleController.deactivate with :id => 1
  GET     /people/active.json       # PeopleController.active

Using this module, Active Resource can use these custom REST methods just like the standard methods.

class Person < ActiveResource::Base
  self.site = "http://37s.sunrise.i:3000"
end

Person.new(:name => 'Ryan).post(:register)  # POST /people/new/register.json
# => { :id => 1, :name => 'Ryan' }

Person.find(1).put(:promote, :position => 'Manager') # PUT /people/1/promote.json
Person.find(1).delete(:deactivate) # DELETE /people/1/deactivate.json

Person.get(:active)  # GET /people/active.json
# => [{:id => 1, :name => 'Ryan'}, {:id => 2, :name => 'Joe'}]
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Class Public methods
delete(custom_method_name, options = {})
Also aliased as: orig_delete
# File activeresource/lib/active_resource/custom_methods.rb, line 70
def delete(custom_method_name, options = {})
  # Need to jump through some hoops to retain the original class 'delete' method
  if custom_method_name.is_a?(Symbol)
    connection.delete(custom_method_collection_url(custom_method_name, options), headers)
  else
    orig_delete(custom_method_name, options)
  end
end
get(custom_method_name, options = {})

Invokes a GET to a given custom REST method. For example:

Person.get(:active)  # GET /people/active.json
# => [{:id => 1, :name => 'Ryan'}, {:id => 2, :name => 'Joe'}]

Person.get(:active, :awesome => true)  # GET /people/active.json?awesome=true
# => [{:id => 1, :name => 'Ryan'}]

Note: the objects returned from this method are not automatically converted into ActiveResource::Base instances - they are ordinary Hashes. If you are expecting ActiveResource::Base instances, use the find class method with the :from option. For example:

Person.find(:all, :from => :active)
# File activeresource/lib/active_resource/custom_methods.rb, line 56
def get(custom_method_name, options = {})
  hashified = format.decode(connection.get(custom_method_collection_url(custom_method_name, options), headers).body)
  derooted  = Formats.remove_root(hashified)
  derooted.is_a?(Array) ? derooted.map { |e| Formats.remove_root(e) } : derooted
end
orig_delete(custom_method_name, options = {})
post(custom_method_name, options = {}, body = '')
# File activeresource/lib/active_resource/custom_methods.rb, line 62
def post(custom_method_name, options = {}, body = '')
  connection.post(custom_method_collection_url(custom_method_name, options), body, headers)
end
put(custom_method_name, options = {}, body = '')
# File activeresource/lib/active_resource/custom_methods.rb, line 66
def put(custom_method_name, options = {}, body = '')
  connection.put(custom_method_collection_url(custom_method_name, options), body, headers)
end