SimpleRequest

simple_request founded to make both HTTP and HTTPS request simple as it should to be

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• Installation
• Usage
  • GET Request
  • POST Request
  • PUT, Patch Request
  • DELETE Request
• Development
• Contributing
• License
• Code of Conduct

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'simple_request', '~> 0.1.4'

Then bundle it

$ bundle

Install it independently:

$ gem install simple_request

Usage

GET Request

request = SimpleRequest.get(url: 'https://api.xxxxx.xxxxxx.com/v1/cities', body: {}, headers: {'API-ACCESSOR' => 'xxxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-x'})
request.json
# OUTPUT
# {
#     "message"=>"Data found",
#     "cities"=>{
#         "data"=>[
#             {
#                 "id"=>"8",
#                 "type"=>"city",
#                 "attributes"=>{
#                     "name_en"=>"Mohali",
#                     "status"=>"inactive"
#                 }
#             }
#         ]
#     }
# }
request.plain
# OUTPUT
# "{\"message\":\"Data found\",\"cities\":{\"data\":[{\"id\":\"8\",\"type\":\"city\",\"attributes\":{\"name_en\":\"Mohali\",\"name_ar\":\"موهالي\",\"status\":\"inactive\"}}]},\"pagination\":{\"current_page\":1,\"next_page\":2,\"previous_page\":null,\"total_pages\":6,\"per_page\":1,\"total_entries\":6}}"

request.scheme        # => "https"
request.host          # => "api.xxxxx.xxxxxx.com"
request.port          # => 80
request.request_uri   # => "/v1/cities?limit=1"
request.path          # => "/v1/cities"
request.query         # => "limit=1"

POST Request

request = SimpleRequest.post(
    url: 'https://api.xxxxx.xxxxxx.com/v1/cities',
    body: {"city"=>{"name_ar"=>"المكلا", "name_en"=>"Mukalla", "status"=>"active"}, "locale"=>"en"},
    headers: {"Authorization"=> "Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx"}
)
request.json
# OUTPUT
# {"message"=>"City created successfully", "city"=>{"data"=>{"id"=>"10", "type"=>"city_details", "attributes"=>{"name_en"=>"Mukalla", "name_ar"=>"المكلا", "suggested_time"=>0, "suggested"=>false, "status"=>"active"}}}}
request.plain
# OUTPUT
#  "{\"message\":\"City created successfully\",\"city\":{\"data\":{\"id\":\"10\",\"type\":\"city_details\",\"attributes\":{\"name_en\":\"Mukalla\",\"name_ar\":\"المكلا\",\"suggested_time\":0,\"suggested\":false,\"status\":\"active\"}}}}"

request.csv
# This will export the whole response you can specify the path you want to export by passing the exact path as string split by comma
# example
request.csv('city,data,attributes')

PUT, Patch Request

request = SimpleRequest.put(
    url: 'https://api.xxxxx.xxxxxx.com/v1/cities/10',
    body: {"city"=>{"name_ar"=>"حضرموت", "name_en"=>"Hadramut", "status"=>"active"}, "locale"=>"en"},
    headers: {"Authorization"=> "Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx"}
)

request = SimpleRequest.patch(
    url: 'https://api.xxxxx.xxxxxx.com/v1/cities/10',
    body: {"city"=>{"name_ar"=>"حضرموت", "name_en"=>"Hadramut", "status"=>"active"}, "locale"=>"en"},
    headers: {"Authorization"=> "Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx"}
)

request.json
# OUTPUT
# {"message"=>"City updated successfully", "city"=>{"data"=>{"id"=>"10", "type"=>"city_details", "attributes"=>{"name_en"=>"Hadramut", "name_ar"=>"حضرموت", "suggested_time"=>0, "suggested"=>false, "status"=>"active"}}}}
request.plain
# OUTPUT
# "{\"message\":\"City updated successfully\",\"city\":{\"data\":{\"id\":\"10\",\"type\":\"city_details\",\"attributes\":{\"name_en\":\"Hadramut\",\"name_ar\":\"حضرموت\",\"suggested_time\":0,\"suggested\":false,\"status\":\"active\"}}}}"

DELETE Request

request =
  SimpleRequest.delete(
    url: 'https://api.xxxxx.xxxxxx.com/v1/cities/10',
    body: {},
    headers: { 'Authorization' => 'Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx' }
  )

request.json
request.plain # "{\"message\":\"City deleted successfully\",\"id\":10}" # OUTPUT

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports, pull requests new ideas are welcome on GitHub at Simple Request Repo. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the SimpleRequest project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.