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class Api::Users::Show < ApiAction
route do
json user_json
end
private def user_json
user = UserQuery.find(user_id)
{name: user.name, email: user.email}
end
end
route
sets up a route for"/api/users/:user_id"
automatically.- If you want you can set up custom routes like
get "sign_in"
for non REST routes. - A
user_id
method is generated because there is auser_id
route parameter. - Use
json
to render JSON. Extract serializers for reusable JSON responses.
# Set up the model
class User < BaseModel
table :users do
column last_active_at : Time
column last_name : String
column nickname : String?
end
end
- Sets up the columns that you’d like to use, along with their types
- You can add
?
to the type when the column can benil
. Crystal will then help you remember not to call methods on it that won't work. - Lucky will set up presence validations for required fields
(
last_active_at
andlast_name
since they are not marked as nilable).
# Add some methods to help query the database
class UserQuery < User::BaseQuery
def recently_active
last_active_at.gt(1.week.ago)
end
def sorted_by_last_name
last_name.lower.desc_order
end
end
# Query the database
UserQuery.new.recently_active.sorted_by_last_name
User::BaseQuery
is automatically generated when you define a model. Inherit from it to customize queries.- Set up named scopes with instance methods.
- Lucky sets up methods for all the columns so that if you mistype a column name it will tell you at compile-time.
- Use the
lower
method on aString
column to make sure Postgres sorts everything in lowercase. - Use
gt
to get users last active greater than 1 week ago. Lucky has lots of powerful abstractions for creating complex queries, and type specific methods (likelower
).
class Users::Index < BrowserAction
route do
users = UserQuery.new.sorted_by_last_name
render IndexPage, users: users
end
end
class Users::IndexPage < MainLayout
needs users : UserQuery
def content
render_new_user_button
render_user_list
end
private def render_new_user_button
link "New User", to: Users::New
end
private def render_user_list
ul class: "user-list" do
@users.each do |user|
li do
link user.name, to: Users::Show.with(user.id)
text " - "
text user.nickname || "No Nickname"
end
end
end
end
end
needs users : UserQuery
tells the compiler that it must be passed users of the typeUserQuery
.- If you forget to pass something that a page needs, it will let you know at compile time. Fewer bugs and faster debugging.
- Write tags with Crystal methods. Tags are automatically closed and whitespace is removed.
- Easily extract named methods since pages are made of regular classes and methods. This makes your HTML pages incredibly easy to read.
- Link to other pages with ease. Just use the action name:
Users::New
. Pass params usingwith
:Users::Show.with(user.id)
. No more trying to remember path helpers and whether the helper is pluralized or not - If you forget to pass a param to a route, Lucky will let you know at compile-time. - Since we defined
column nickname : String?
as nilable, Lucky would fail to compile the page if you just didtext user.nickname
since it disallows printingnil
. So instead we add a fallback"No Nickname"
. No more accidentally printing empty text in HTML!
You need to make sure to install the Crystal dependencies.
- Run
shards install
- Run
crystal spec
from the project root.
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- Our wonderful community - ❤️
- SessionHandler, CookieHandler and FlashHandler are based on Amber. Thank you to the Amber team!
- Thanks to Rails for inspiring many of the ideas that are easy to take for granted. Convention over configuration, removing boilerplate, and most importantly - focusing on developer happiness.
- Thanks to Phoenix, Ecto and Elixir for inspiring Avram's save operations, Lucky's single base actions and pipes, and focusing on helpful error messages.
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