[LRUG] CMS for bespoke API

[Oliver Legg]

I tend not to like ActiveAdmin, but it seems like it could be a good fit for what you need.

http://www.activeadmin.info

On 11 Sep 2013, at 10:31, Ian Kynnersley <iankynnersley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all the useful responses. I'll definitely look into Active Model Serializer. 
> 
> Most of these replies rely on me creating a bespoke model structure in code which is what I'm trying to avoid. Parse and Helios look interesting but don't give me the admin interface that I need to allow totally non-techie users to be able to manage the content themselves.
> 
> What I'm after would be a library that I can install in my app (or something hosted like Parse / Helios) that instantly gives me my CMS. Something a bit like Radiant maybe. I would then want to create my model structure within that CMS such that admin users could add, remove and update information easily. However, unlike a normal CMS which would render the output as a website with some templates to alter the look and feel, I want it to provide a JSON API. 
> 
> The reason for all of this is that ownership of this app will be handed over to a different company and they are (rightly) nervous about taking on a completely bespoke application rather than a customised version of an off-the-shelf product.
> 
> Perhaps I am looking for something that doesn't exist so your thoughts are all very useful.
> 
> Thanks again
> Ian
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Tejas Dinkar <tejasdinkar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep-11-2013, at 7:02 AM, Nick Novitski <nicknovitski at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There's also https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers 
> 
> 
> +1 on Active Model Serializer.
> 
> Benefits:
> 1) Easily testable, and OO
> 2) Has access to current_user (or any other controller method via `scope'). This makes it possible for you to serialize based on who has requested the object
> 3) Works seamlessly with respond_with 
> 4) If you have the same relation object multiple times on your object (say user can be created_by, updated_by, etc…) then you have a way to just `embed' the user once.
> 
> Also, +1 on rails-api gem as well :-)
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