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Rails API Versioning

#142 Jul 15, 2018 pro

Using the URI or Accept Headers, we can version our API to prevent breaking changes to our end users. In this episode, we look at versioning our RESTful API.

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Rails API App - Authentication with JSON Web Tokens

#138 Jun 17, 2018 pro

With a bare Rails API app, we add an authentication solution and checks per request with JSON Web Tokens, JWT.

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Web Interactions with Mechanize

#131 Apr 29, 2018 pro

The Mechanize library is used for automating interaction with websites. Mechanize automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects, and can follow links and submit forms. Form fields can be populated and submitted.

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More on GraphQL - Organizing and Refactoring

#122 Feb 25, 2018 pro

In this episode, we take a look at our GraphQL API that we created from Episode 119 and refactor the mutations and queries so that we keep the structure and API manageable.

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Introduction to GraphQL

#119 Feb 11, 2018 pro

GraphQL is a query language for your API. In this episode, we will look at adding GraphQL to our Ruby on Rails application and seeing how we can pull down data and create records.

rails api graphql

Custom Error Pages with Slack Notification

#91 Jul 30, 2017 free

Learn to use custom error pages to provide a similar look to your application. Get notified on Slack as errors occur to act on them before they're reported.

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Plotting Points on a Map from Scratch

#86 Jun 25, 2017 free

Using the Google Maps Javascript API, learn how to plot markers onto a map. Load markers and info windows through AJAX calls to your Rails JSON API.

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Geocoding, Places and Maps

#84 Jun 11, 2017 free

Using the Geocoder gem and Google APIs, learn how to add some geolocation functionality to your application.

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Rails API - Throttling with Rack::Attack

#52 Oct 30, 2016 free

Save expensive calculation time using Rack::Attack, we will learn how to limit requests coming into our application. This gem not only limits requests, but can be used to blacklist or whitelist users as well.

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Rails API - Authentication with JWT

#51 Oct 23, 2016 free

Using the knock gem, we will add JWT Authentication to our Rails API Application.

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