rb-stdlib-rest

This is a fun exercise of building a simple rest api web server using only ruby built-in libraries(core+stdlib).

Note:**It was created using ruby-2.1.5 . Tested on ruby-2.1.5 and ruby-2.3.0.

The stdlib libraries used are

• minitest
• json
• webrick
• minitest

Running the server

• Clone the repo
• cd into the repo
• run ruby lib/server.rb

Now the server will be up on localhost:4000.

• CREATE => POST /books (body fields => title, author *currently only support x-www-form-urlencoded)
• UPDATE => POST /books/:id (body fields => title, author *currently only support x-www-form-urlencoded)
• READ COLLECTION => GET /books
• READ SINGULAR => GET /books/:id
• DELETE => POST /books/:id/delete

Running the tests

• Run rake command

#TODO

• Add tests for the server code itself
• Add a rake test for running server??
• Add commandline options for specifying port
• Support correct HTTP VERBS (DELETE and PATCH)
• Support form-data, json payload for CREATE and UPDATE