The Datapimp Gem

Taking the HTTP out of Common Rest Patterns

Current User. Parameters. Resources.

All of the players are aware of the user that is making the query, the user that is running the command, the user who is viewing a resource

GET index and show: FilterContext's

ActiveRecord complex queries
Query as a specific user: permissions / security / scoping
Server caching: query cache keys based on the maximum updated_at and count for given params
HTTP Request Caching: ETags + Last Modified headers
Metadata for inspection + documentation generation

PUT / POST / DELETE: ApplicationCommand's

Mutations Gem.
Bring some order to activerecord lifecycle callbacks
Declarative DSL
Metadata for inspection + documentation generation

Views: ApplicationSerializer's

ActiveModel Serializers
Documentation DSL
Metadata for inspection + documentation generation

API Documentation & Integration Tests

rspec_api_documentation gem
plan: take advantage of metadata defined above to auto-generate documentation with the ability to pass expectation blocks as pass / fail indicators