As we said in a previous post: WE LOVE STRIPE!
The team at Stripe has open sourced a RubyGem that makes REST API’s easy to create, Poncho. It’s compatible with any rack-based framework — like Rails or Sinatra. Best of all, it has a slew of (simple to use) features:
- Standard Params: integer, array, boolean, etc
- Custom Params
- Standard Validators: presence, format, length, etc
- Custom Validators
- Method Filters
- And more…
Installation is simple, just install the poncho gem (or add gem poncho to your Gemfile). After installation, you can setup your API:
class ChargeResource < Poncho::Resource
param :amount, :type => :integer
end
class ChargeCreateMethod < Poncho::JSONMethod
param :amount, :type => :integer, :required => true
def invoke
charge = Charge.new
charge.amount = param(:amount)
charge.save
ChargeResource.new(charge)
end
end
post '/charges', &ChargeCreateMethod
The above code, which was pulled from the documentation is using Sinatra, but you could easily swap Rails out:
match '/charges' => ChargeCreateMethod, :via => :post
The documentation is thorough, and does a great job at explaining how to use Poncho. You can also view the source or discuss this on HackerNews.
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