Plistifier ========== Adds the ActiveRecord#to_plist and Array#to_plist methods similar to ActiveRecord#to_xml. The :only, :except, :methods, and :include options are supported. It too ads the :plist option to the ActiveRecord::Base#render method. With help of that you get binary plist files which you can easy use in your iPhone. Install ======= script/plugin install git://github.com/jeena/plistifier.git Example ======= In your PostController use for example: def index @posts = Post.all respond_to do |format| format.html # index.html.erb format.xml { render :xml => @posts } format.plist { render :plist => @posts.to_plist(:only => [:id, :title]) } end end def show @post = Post.find(params[:id]) respond_to do |format| format.html # show.html.erb format.xml { render :xml => @post } format.plist { render :plist => @post } end end Basic example NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://example.com/posts.plist"]; NSArray *posts = [[NSArray alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url]; NSLog(@"Title: %@", [[posts objectAtIndex:0] objectForKey:@"title"]); On the iPhone I have categories that simplify the parsing of the plist data checkout http://github.com/pcrawfor/plistSerialization for usage. Thanks ====== This plugin uses Christian Kruses CFPropertyList http://github.com/ckruse/CFPropertyList to generate Plists. This plugin started as a copy of http://github.com/chuyeow/jsonifier/ I just changed it to support and added the CFPropertyList stuff. This plugin is a fork and extension of http://github.com/jeena/plistifier I've extended it to support parsing plist data in both directions I've also fixed several bugs with the property list data format serialization and the way request data was built and sent. Copyright (c) 2010 Paul Crawford, released under the MIT license