Perfect! Thank you so much for the answer. So, I assume this search capability is identical to the search capability in the UI -- correct? So, I assume it does full-text searching across all the model attributes + included dependencies -- just like the UI search.
-- Darien On Apr 27, 5:07 am, "Sergio Cambra .:: entreCables S.L. ::." <[email protected]> wrote: > El Friday 24 April 2009 05:35:36 dkindlund escribió: > > > > > Hi all, > > > I'm trying to configure AS on a rails webapp to support RESTful > > searching from an *external application* -- meaning, not through the > > standard UI. > > > So far, I've been able to get something like this working: > > > GET, '/clients/1.json' > > GET, '/clients/show/1.json' > > > But, that doesn't help me, if the external application doesn't know > > which database ID to reference. > > > What I'm really looking for, is something like: > > > GET, '/clients/search.json?search=StringToSearchOn' > > > Where 'StringToSearchOn' would be the same data I could enter through > > the search field's UI and the entire REST operation would return an > > array of results (as expected). > > > The problem is: it doesn't look like AS supports this out of the box. > > For example, *all* the search related code I've found on the master > > branch appears to be extremely UI specific and it wasn't intended for > > RESTful use. However, I could be wrong, as I'm not an AS expert; if > > AS does support this natively, could someone give me an example REST > > syntax to use? > > > If AS doesn't support this out of the box, could someone give me an > > example about how I could extend my 'Clients' controller to support > > this type of capability? > > You can use GET, '/clients/list.json?search=StringToSearchOn' > search is implemented as a before_filter, so you can use list action to search > > -- > Sergio Cambra .:: entreCables S.L. ::. > Nicolás Guillén 6, locales 2 y 3. 50.018 Zaragoza > T) 902 021 404 F) 976 52 98 07 E) [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ActiveScaffold : Ruby on Rails plugin" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/activescaffold?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
