[LRUG] CMS for bespoke API

[Agustin Viñao]

A nice gem to work with json views is https://github.com/nesquena/rabl, you
can create json, xml or many other templates formats.

Is a good way to build an api from a Rails app.

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On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:32 PM, George Ornbo <george at shapeshed.com> wrote:

> Depending on the complexity of the client I'd favour something like
> Backbone to create the client. If you are talking to a RESTful API it is
> pretty straightforward to create a CRUD app presuming your API handles auth
> and roles somehow.
> On 10 Sep 2013 17:47, "Oto Brglez" <otobrglez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Ian!
>>
>> I would suggest that you look into this two project...
>> - https://parse.com/
>> - http://helios.io/
>>
>> - Oto
>>
>>
>> On Sep 10, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Ian Kynnersley <iankynnersley at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> For an upcoming project, I will be creating an API to power some mobile
>> apps. The API will be largely read-only in JSON and will need to provide an
>> admin interface for non-technical users to manage the data that drives it.
>>
>> By default, I would probably knock up something bespoke with Rails and
>> RailsAdmin. Or maybe a Sinatra equivalent. However, there would be definite
>> benefits on this project to building it on an established CMS platform
>> rather than completely hand-coded.
>>
>> Has anyone got any experience of using an existing CMS to create an API
>> like this without a "public" web interface.
>>
>> Is there anything specific I need to consider when using existing CMS
>> tools or is it as simple as finding one that allows API-suitable
>> authentication (i.e. not forms-based) and then creating JSON templates
>> rather than HTML ones?
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> Ian
>>
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