favourite_object

A dropin utility that adds favourites functionality to any rails application. But simpling include a partial you can add a favourite button to any object.

Install:

gem 'favourite_object'
rails g favourite_object:install
rake db:migrate

Mount inside your routes.rb with your custom namespace eg. /api will result in /api/favourite_object routes

Application.routes.draw do
	mount FavouriteObject::Engine, at: '/api'
end

For every object you want to be favouritable

• Generates a favourite_object/ObjectName/message.html.erb file which is used to display the description of an object

rails g favourite_object:template ObjectName

Favourite button(pass the object to be favourited and the user object)

<%= render :partial => 'favourite_object/favourites/favourite_icon',
	:locals => {:object => object}%>

###Api Documentation: Route: GET: /favourite_object/favourites/:target_type/:target_id.json

Example response:

{
    "favourite" => {
                      "id" => 1,
               "target_id" => 1,
             "target_type" => "ClassName",
           "is_favourited" => true,
        "third_party_flag" => false,
    }
}

Route: GET: /favourite_object/favourites.json

Optional params: {target_type: Class, target_ids: [1, 5, 10], serializer: 'lite'}

• Note: serializer: 'lite' returns a skinny serializer which doesn't include a description and params

Example response:

{
    "favourites" => [
        {
                          "id" => 1,
                   "target_id" => 1,
                 "target_type" => "Class",
               "is_favourited" => true,
	         "description" => "Mr. Blobby",
	    "third_party_flag" => false,
	                "data" => []
        }
    ]
}

Route: PUT: /favourite_object/favourites/:target_type/:target_id.json

Params: {favourite: {is_favourited: true | false}}

Example response:

{
    "favourite" => {
                      "id" => 1,
               "target_id" => 1,
             "target_type" => "ClassName",
           "is_favourited" => true,
        "third_party_flag" => false,
    }
}