/simple_rails_movies_api

Very simple Rails API for first Ajax lessons

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Simple Rails Movie API.

This is very simple Rails application that will provide a very simple API for Movies.

It's typically used to provide a backend for early Ajax lessons.

Instructions

Clone to your local machine.

git clone git@github.com:ga-wdi-boston/simple_rails_movies_api.git

cd simple_rails_movies

Download and install Ruby gems used by this Rails application

bundle install

Create a database for this Rails app.

Rails requires a DB, even if we haven't used it yet.

rake db:create

Start the Rails server

rails server

Get the JSON representation of all the movies

  • In the Browser. http://localhost:3000/movies

  • Using curl, a command line tool that is a HTTP Client.
    curl http://localhost:3000/movies

Get the JSON representation of ONE movie

  • In the Browser. http://localhost:3000/movies/2

  • Using curl, a command line tool that is a HTTP Client.
    curl http://localhost:3000/movies/2