rest_client.tex

\section{Consuming RESTful web services}

\centeredFrame{Consuming RESTful web services}
\itemizedFrame{system tools}{\item cURL}
\centeredFrame{we get raw XML/JSON response\\that we still need to parse}
\imageFrame{images/fail.jpg}

\itemizedFrame{Ruby libraries}{
\item HTTParty
\item ActiveResource
}

\centeredFrame{HTTParty}
\centeredFrame{for RESTful and RESTful-like web services}
\itemizedFrame{what does it do for you:}{
\item sends request
\item processes response
}

\inputFrame{HTTParty client example}{\tiny}{files/httparty-example}
\centeredFrame{demo}

\centeredFrame{ActiveResource}
\centeredFrame{for strictly RESTful web services}
\itemizedFrame{}{
\item part of Rails core
\item works best with Rails apps
\item provides ActiveRecord like API to RESTful web services
}
\itemizedFrame{what does it do for you:}{
\item forms request URI
\item sends request
\item processes response
\item provides OO access to response
}
\centeredFrame{how to write a client?}
\inputFrame{ActiveResource client example}{\tiny}{files/ar-example}
\inputFrame{ActiveResource client example}{\tiny}{files/ar-example-2}
\centeredFrame{demo} % twitter-clone-client