How to make REST web client

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I have to make a REST client, making use of Activeresource, The problem is I have to make a custom web interface to make calls to the server resources. How should I do it ? I have been able to make REST calls via command prompt though ?Will appreciate any suggestions.

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The book RESTful Web Services has a great explanation on how to do it.

Basically make a RESTful website requires that you understand the API of the RESTful web service you want to connect to. Once you have that, basically all you do it create wrapper classes for the various url calls. So lets say there is a resource called {BOX} and a get request gets a list of the box, all you have to do is then use either http/net or open-uri and send a get request to the server. If it is a true rest service with put, delete and header files then you have to install a gem that does more than just get and post. Will post a more detailed explanation later. Also please specfiy the web service and maybe I can help more.

Reuben Doetsch

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Thanx for your reply. I had previously used http/net and open-uri but later opted for ActiveResource, because of open-uri only supporting get, I want to make a custom GUI from which I want to access the server service exposed as rows objects, In the meantime, I am able to make restful calls to the server using all four methods(get,post,put,delete) through a web interface, what I have done is used the ActiveResource library and made a custom Ruby class including methods suitable according to my requirements then through the gui, been able to make all four calls to the services ? I am afraid am I violating any constraints making my system Restful.

Here is how I am doing...For example to delete a resource in the server lets say

http://www.server.com/users/1

In the client application I am doing, http://www.client.com/users/delete/1

and which in turn calls the custom method in the client side which then invokes the activeresource library actually making delete http call to the server service and this time http://www.client.com/users/1, the work is performed though..I am not sure about the way I am proceedings, Is it a fine way of working with REST or may be I have to look for the alternatives may be Javascript client ???

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