I would like to pass some query parameters to HTTParty.get. I have a helper method to handle requests
def handle_request
begin
response = yield
if response['Success']
response['Payload']
else
raise Bondora::Error::ApiError, "#{response['Errors'][0]['Code']}: #{response['Errors'][0]['Message']}"
end
rescue Net::OpenTimeout, Net::ReadTimeout
{}
end
end
And another method to to make the request:
def investments(*params)
handle_request do
url = '/account/investments'
self.class.get(url, :query => params)
end
end
When I call this method like investments({"User" => "test"}) I should end up with a GET request to /account/investments?User=test.
Unfortunately the request params are not parsed properly and the resulting request looks like this: /account/balance?[{%22User%22=%3E%22test%22}]
Any clue why this happens? I think it has something to do with the methods I wrote.
When you declare the method as def investments(*params), params will contain an array of arguments, and want to pass a hash to your get call. So, either drop the asterisk and simply say def investments(params), or use query: params.first later in the method.
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I have a Rack web server app to validate in call(env) the provided HTTP query string and return different responses immediately (with appropriate erb) if those bits of validations fail.
I'm calling the following method to provide a response:
def respond(http_status, http_headers, html_body = '')
# Provide HTTP response
html_body = yield if block_given?
[http_status, http_headers, [html_body]]
end
which I gleaned from the web.
I'm then calling respond(...) from different points inside my call(env) method rather like this:
def call(env)
case blah
when '/'
if validation_a_fails
respond(invalid_a)
else
set up a variable for later use...
end
if validation_b_fails
respond(invalid_b)
else
set up another variable for later use...
end
if validation_c_fails
respond(invalid_c)
else
set up something else for later use...
end
else # not root url
respond(404_situation)
end
end
end
I expected that a call to respond(invalid_a) would exit the call method immediately. However, it doesn't. Instead, the rest of the call method are executed.
How can I get the respond(...) to return immediately to the calling browser?
if validation_a_fails
return respond(invalid_a)
else
in your case you can't omit return because you have multiple if-elses so it'd go through them.
I'm using Grape. I want to define a method that runs after the response value has been calculated for a request, I tried following this:
http://www.sinatrarb.com/intro.html#Filters
and ended up with:
after do
puts response
end
however response is not defined. Apparently within this block, self refers to Grape::Endpoint, since after runs after the endpoint handler, I should be able to find the response value, right? I tried self.body however this returns nothing - it does, however, let me change the value of the response, but I want to retrieve the response value that was generated by my handler.
Ahh, so I solved this using rack middleware:
class CaptureResponse < Grape::Middleware::Base
def call!(env)
#env = env
#app_response = #app.call(#env)
body = #app_response[2]
body = body.body if body.kind_of? Rack::BodyProxy
puts body
#app_response
end
end
use CaptureResponse
I have no idea why just slapping in use CaptureResponse in config.ru works but it does!
My goal is to set an instance variable using AFMotion's AFMotion::HTTP.get method.
I've set up a Post model. I would like to have something like:
class Post
...
def self.all
response = AFMotion::HTTP.get("localhost/posts.json")
objects = JSON.parse(response)
results = objects.map{|x| Post.new(x)}
end
end
But according to the docs, AFMotion requires some sort of block syntax that looks and seems to behave like an async javascript callback. I am unsure how to use that.
I would like to be able to call
#posts = Post.all in the ViewController. Is this just a Rails dream? Thanks!
yeah, the base syntax is async, so you don't have to block the UI while you're waiting for the network to respond. The syntax is simple, place all the code you want to load in your block.
class Post
...
def self.all
AFMotion::HTTP.get("localhost/posts.json") do |response|
if result.success?
p "You got JSON data"
# feel free to parse this data into an instance var
objects = JSON.parse(response)
#results = objects.map{|x| Post.new(x)}
elsif result.failure?
p result.error.localizedDescription
end
end
end
end
Since you mentioned Rails, yeah, this is a lil different logic. You'll need to place the code you want to run (on completion) inside the async block. If it's going to change often, or has nothing to do with your Model, then pass in a &block to yoru method and use that to call back when it's done.
I hope that helps!
I'm writing a wrapper for an XML API using Nokogiri to build the XML for submission.
In order to keep my code DRY, I'm using custom blocks for the first time and just getting to grips with how to pass variables back and forth and how that works.
What I'm doing at the moment is this:
# Generic action
def action(xml, action_title, test=false)
xml.request do
xml.login do
xml.username("my_user")
xml.password("my_pass")
end
xml.action(action_title)
xml.params do
yield
end
end
end
# Specific action
def get_users(city = "", gender = "")
build = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
action(xml, "getusers") do
xml.city(city) unless city.blank?
xml.gender(gender) unless gender.blank?
end
end
do_stuff_to(build)
end
Ideally, I'd like to the specific action method to look like this:
def get_users(city = "", gender = "")
action("getusers") do |xml|
xml.city(city) unless city.blank?
xml.gender(gender) unless gender.blank?
end
end
In doing so, I'd want the other logic currently in the specific action method to be moved to the generic action method with the generic action method returning the results of do_stuff_to(build).
What I'm struggling with is how to pass the xml object from action() back to get_users(). What should action() look like in order to achieve this?
Turns out this was quite simple. The action method needs to be changed so it looks like this:
def action(action_title)
build = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
xml.request do
xml.login do
xml.username("my_user")
xml.password("my_pass")
end
xml.action(action_title)
xml.params do
yield xml
end
end
end
do_stuff_to(build)
end
That meant the specific action method could be called like this to the same effect:
def get_users(city = "", gender = "")
action("getusers") do |xml|
xml.city(city) unless city.blank?
xml.gender(gender) unless gender.blank?
end
end
I'm trying out Rubymotion and can't seem to do figure how to accomplish what seems like a simple task.
I've set up a UITableView for a directory of people. I've created a rails back end that returns json.
Person model has a get_people class method defined:
def self.get_people
BubbleWrap::HTTP.get("http://myapp.com/api.json") do |response|
#people = BW::JSON.parse(response.body.to_str)
# p #people prints [{"id"=>10, "name"=>"Sam"}, {etc}] to the console
end
end
In the directory_controller I just want to set an instance variable for #data to the array that my endpoint returns such that I can populate the table view.
I am trying to do #data = Person.get_people in viewDidLoad, but am getting an error message that indicates the BW response object is being passed instead: undefined methodcount' for #BubbleWrap::HTTP::Query:0x8d04650 ...> (NoMethodError)`
So if I hard code my array into the get_people method after the BW response block everything works fine. But I find that I am also unable to persist an instance variable through the close of the BW respond block.
def self.get_people
BubbleWrap::HTTP.get("http://myapp.com/api.json") do |response|
#people = BW::JSON.parse(response.body.to_str)
end
p #people #prints nil to the console
# hard coding [{"id"=>10, "name"=>"Sam"}, {etc}] here puts my data in the table view correctly
end
What am I missing here? How do I get this data out of bubblewrap's response object and in to a usable form to pass to my controllers?
As explained in the BW documentation "BW::HTTP wraps NSURLRequest, NSURLConnection and friends to provide Ruby developers with a more familiar and easier to use API. The API uses async calls and blocks to stay as simple as possible."
Due to async nature of the call, in your 2nd snippet you are printing #people before you actually update it. THe right way is to pass the new data to the UI after parsing ended (say for instance #table.reloadData() if #people array is supposed to be displayed in a UITableView).
Here's an example:
def get_people
BubbleWrap::HTTP.get("http://myapp.com/api.json") do |response|
#people = BW::JSON.parse(response.body.to_str)
update_result()
end
end
def update_result()
p #people
# do stuff with the updated content in #people
end
Find a more complex use case with a more elaborate explanation at RubyMotion async programming with BubbleWrap
Personally, I'd skip BubbleWrap and go for something like this:
def self.get_people
people = []
json_string = self.get_json_from_http
json_data = json_string.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
e = Pointer.new(:object)
hash = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(json_data, options:0, error: e)
hash["person"].each do |person| # Assuming each of the people is stored in the JSON as "person"
people << person
end
people # #people is an array of hashes parsed from the JSON
end
def self.get_json_from_http
url_string = ("http://myapp.com/api.json").stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
url = NSURL.URLWithString(url_string)
request = NSURLRequest.requestWithURL(url)
response = nil
error = nil
data = NSURLConnection.sendSynchronousRequest(request, returningResponse: response, error: error)
raise "BOOM!" unless (data.length > 0 && error.nil?)
json = NSString.alloc.initWithData(data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
end