API V1 routes.rb

gistfile1.txt

rails new rails_engine -d postgresql --skip-test-unit --skip-turbolinks --skip-spring
___________________________________________________________________________
source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'rails', '4.1.4'
gem 'sqlite3'
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 4.0.3'
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.0.0'
gem 'jquery-rails'
gem 'turbolinks'
gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.0'
gem 'faker'
gem 'haml-rails'
gem 'therubyracer'
gem 'less-rails-bootstrap'
gem 'bcrypt'

group :development do
  gem 'spring'
end

group :development, :test do
  gem 'capybara'
  gem 'pry', :require => 'pry'
end


__________________________________________________________________
Change null_session in the applications controller
___________________________________________________________________
Make a Api/V1 folder, and a ApiController folder in the Api folder


class Api::ApiController < ApplicationControler
  protect_from_forgery with: :null_session
  before_action :authenticate!

  def authenticate! #this will do a pop up window, username will be email
    authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic("Please provide your username and password") do |email, password|
      user = User.find_by(email: email)
      #  user = User.find_by(token: params[:token]) # if you want to authenticate with a token instead of email.  see below

      return true if user &&  user.authenticate(password)
      head :unauthorized
    end
  end
end

#in the User add a token column.
#before_create :generate_token!
#
#private
#
#def generate_token!
# unique =  Time.now.to_s + email + ENV["SECRET_KEY_BASE"]
# self.token = Digest.SHA.digest(unique)
# self, b/c otherwise, the token will just be a local variable.
#end


__________________________________________________________________
module Api
  module V1
    class ItemsController < ApiController
      respond_to  :json, :xml

      def index
        respond_with Item.all
      end
    end
  end
end

____ROUTES___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rails.application.routes.draw do
  root 'items#index'

  resources :items
  resources :users
  resources :orders, only: [:index, :show]

  namespace :api, defaults: { format: :json } do
    namespace :v1 do
      resources :items, except: [:new, :edit]   ###, defaults: { format: :json }
    end
  end
end