Rails as an API

Key Topics

• Using the Command Line to Create a New App

  • API and Postgres flags
  • rails new project-name-here --api --database=postgresql
  • What visible changes do we see after?

• Configuring the App

  • Adding Rack-CORS Middleware
  • Setting up our Routes

• Rendering Info as JSON

  • Controller setup
  • Rendering objects as JSON
  • Intro to FastJSON API/Serializing your data