I am working on an application where one of its functions is to pull mls/rets real estate listing data from SimplyRets. I'm brand new to API integration and I have ran into some issues:
Using ActiveResource I can't get the app to connect. (end up with 401 Unauthorized.) Here's my Model:
class Listing < ActiveResource::Base
self.site = "https://api.simplyrets.com/properties"
user = "simplyrets"
password = "simplyrets"
end
Using the Flexirest gem I'm more lucky. I can connect and have set up routes and a controller that works quite nicely. Heres that Model:
class Listing < Flexirest::Base
extend ActiveModel::Naming
include ActiveModel::Conversion
include ActiveModel::Validations
base_url Rails.application.config.api_server_url
username 'simplyrets'
password 'simplyrets'
get :all, "/properties"
get :where, "/properties"
get :find, "/properties/:id"
end
But, the problem I'm running into with Flexirest is using Ransack (for searching) or really anytime I try to chain a .where to the danged thing. getting this error:
undefined method `search' for Listing:Class
What do I need to do to be able to search this APIs Array? How can I use that arel .where good good? Will ActiveResource do this for me? Can I convert the data I'm pulling from Flexirest to something I can manipulate with a conditional statement?
I hope I explained myself clearly enough. If anyone wants any other code I can edit.
I found that using ActiveRecord with a Flexirest object to be a mistake, from my searches I've found that for my project I would be better off sending a GET request with a query. If anyone needs some code to show how I did this, I will happily supply it, however, this was just mostly me being a newb. Nevertheless I figured since I was on here I would post this for anyone as lost as I was!