Delve into creating, optimizing, and securing a Rails API from scratch. Gain insights into building a full-fledged, efficient Rails API, ready for immediate use.

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Routes changes

validating_the_user_model

unit_tests

show_user

migration_file

create_tokens

feed_the_database

presentation_of_JSON_API

validating_the_order_model

list_orders

decrementing_product_quantity

extending_the_placement_model

feed_the_database-2

feed_the_database-3

Setting Up the Authentication Token

validating_the_product_model

unit_tests_for_order_model

the_placement_model

decrementing_product_quantity-2

activation_of_CORS

This course is a comprehensive tutorial that will teach you the best way to build your next API with Rails. You’ll learn to create a Rails API from scratch and to optimize and secure a Rails API. By the end of this course, you’ll have a full-fledged Rails API ready to be used.

Building your own API with Rails

Initializing a Rails application is pretty straightforward. We can initialize the app using the `rails new` command.

We'll use the following commands in our terminal:

```text
$ mkdir /workspace 
$ cd /workspace 
$ rails new market_place_api --api 
```

- The `mkdir/workspace` command creates a directory named `workspace`.

- The `cd/workspace` command changes the current directory to the newly created `workspace` directory.

- The `rails new market_place_api --api` command creates our Rails app `market_place_api` in our current directory. The `--api` flag limits the libraries and middleware included in the application. This flag also avoids generating HTML views when using Rails generators.

Click on the terminal below and execute the above commands to create the basic structure of the marketplace app.

Create the basic structure for the marketplace app and go through the structure.

Initializing the App

Getting Started

The API

User Model

Authenticating the Users

User's Products

Building JSON

Placing Orders

Improving Orders

Optimizations

Wrap up

Appendix

Initializing the App