Getting Started with Ruby

This integration guide follows the Quick Start Guide and assumes you have you have fully completed the "Hands-on" path. You should be able to consume the API by browsing the URL http://localhost:1337/api/restaurants.

If you haven't gone through the Quick Start Guide, the way you request a Strapi API with Ruby remains the same except that you do not fetch the same content.

Create a Ruby file

Be sure to have Ruby installed on your computer.

mkdir ruby-app && cd ruby-app
touch script.rb

Use an HTTP client

Many HTTP clients are available but in this documentation we'll use HTTParty.

• Create a Gemfile containing the following:

source "https://rubygems.org"

gem "httparty"

• Install your gems by running the following command:

bundle install

GET Request your collection type

Execute a GET request on the restaurant collection type in order to fetch all your restaurants.

Be sure that you activated the find permission for the restaurant collection type.

Example GET request

HTTParty.get('http://localhost:1337/api/restaurants/')

Example response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "attributes": {
        "name": "Biscotte Restaurant",
        "description": "Biscotte restaurant! Restaurant Biscotte offers a cuisine based on fresh, quality products, often local, organic when possible, and always produced by passionate producers.",
        "createdAt": "2022-07-31T11:57:01.330Z",
        "updatedAt": "2022-07-31T11:57:44.945Z",
        "publishedAt": "2022-07-31T11:57:44.943Z"
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "pagination": {
      "page": 1,
      "pageSize": 25,
      "pageCount": 1,
      "total": 1
    }
  }
}

Example

require 'httparty'

class Restaurant
  include HTTParty
  base_uri 'http://localhost:1337/api'

  def all
    self.class.get('/restaurants')
  end
end

restaurant = Restaurant.new
puts restaurant.all

POST Request your collection type

Execute a POST request on the restaurant collection type in order to create a restaurant.

Be sure that you activated the create permission for the restaurant collection type and the find permission for the category Collection type. Add the ?populate=categories query parameter to return the categories with the response.

In this example a japanese category has been created which has the id: 3.

Example POST request

HTTParty.post(
  'http://localhost:1337/api/restaurants/',
  body: {
    data: {
      name: 'Dolemon Sushi',
      description: 'Unmissable Japanese Sushi restaurant. The cheese and salmon makis are delicious',
      categories: [3]
    }
  },
  header: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  query: {
    'populate': 'categories'
  }
)

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "id": 2,
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Dolemon Sushi",
      "description": "Unmissable Japanese Sushi restaurant. The cheese and salmon makis are delicious",
      "createdAt": "2022-07-31T18:29:58.876Z",
      "updatedAt": "2022-07-31T18:29:58.876Z",
      "publishedAt": "2022-07-31T18:29:58.875Z",
      "categories": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": 3,
            "attributes": {
              "name": "japanese",
              "createdAt": "2022-07-31T11:57:35.040Z",
              "updatedAt": "2022-07-31T11:57:35.631Z",
              "publishedAt": "2022-07-31T11:57:35.629Z"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {}
}

Example

require 'httparty'

class Restaurant
  include HTTParty
  base_uri 'http://localhost:1337/api'

  def initialize
    @options = {
      header: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
      query: { 'populate': 'categories' }
    }
  end

  def all
    self.class.get('/restaurants')
  end

  def create(params)
    @options[:body] = {
      data: {
        name: params[:name],
        description: params[:description],
        categories: params[:categories]
      }
    }

    self.class.post('/restaurants', @options)
  end
end

restaurant = Restaurant.new
puts restaurant.create({
  name: 'Dolemon Sushi',
  description: 'Unmissable Japanese Sushi restaurant. The cheese and salmon makis are delicious',
  categories: [3]
})

PUT Request your collection type

Execute a PUT request on the restaurant collection type in order to update the category of a restaurant.

Be sure that you activated the put permission for the restaurant collection type. Add the ?populate=categories query parameter to return the categories with the response.

Example PUT request

HTTParty.put(
  'http://localhost:1337/api/restaurants/2',
  body: {
    data: {
      categories: [2]
    }
  },
  header: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  query: {
    'populate': 'categories'
  }
)

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "id": 2,
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Dolemon Sushi",
      "description": "Unmissable Japanese Sushi restaurant. The cheese and salmon makis are delicious",
      "createdAt": "2022-07-31T18:15:09.290Z",
      "updatedAt": "2022-07-31T18:16:53.448Z",
      "publishedAt": "2022-07-31T18:15:09.289Z",
      "categories": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": 2,
            "attributes": {
              "name": "Brunch",
              "createdAt": "2022-07-31T11:57:23.472Z",
              "updatedAt": "2022-07-31T11:57:25.180Z",
              "publishedAt": "2022-07-31T11:57:25.179Z"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {}
}

Example

require 'httparty'

class Restaurant
  include HTTParty
  base_uri 'http://localhost:1337/api'

  def initialize
    @options = {
      header: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
      query: { 'populate': 'categories' }
    }
  end

  def all
    self.class.get('/restaurants')
  end

  def create(params)
    @options[:body] = {
      data: {
        name: params[:name],
        description: params[:description],
        categories: params[:categories]
      }
    }

    self.class.post('/restaurants', @options)
  end

  def update(id, params)
    @options[:body] = {
      data: {
        categories: params[:categories]
      }
    }
    self.class.put("/restaurants/#{id}", @options)
  end
end

restaurant = Restaurant.new
puts restaurant.update(16, { categories: [2] })