Rack-pjax [](https://secure.travis-ci.org/#!/eval/rack-pjax)
========
Rack-pjax is middleware that lets you serve 'chrome-less' pages in respond to [pjax-requests](https://github.com/defunkt/jquery-pjax).
It does this by stripping the generated body; only the title and inner-html of the pjax-container are sent to the client.
While this won't save you any time rendering the page, it gives you more flexibility where and how to define the pjax-container.
Ryan Bates featured [rack-pjax on Railscasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/294-playing-with-pjax) and explains how this gem compares to [pjax_rails](https://github.com/rails/pjax_rails).
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Installation
------------
Check out the [Railscasts' notes](http://railscasts.com/episodes/294-playing-with-pjax) how to integrate rack-pjax in your Rails 3.1 application.
You can find the source from the screencast over [here](https://github.com/ryanb/railscasts-episodes/tree/master/episode-294).
Another sample-app: the original [pjax-demo](http://pjax.herokuapp.com/) but with rack-pjax onboard can be found in the [sample-app](https://github.com/eval/rack-pjax/tree/sample-app) branch.
The more generic installation comes down to:
I. Add the gem to your Gemfile
```ruby
# Gemfile
gem "rack-pjax"
```
II. Include **rack-pjax** as middleware to your application(-stack)
```ruby
# config.ru
require ::File.expand_path('../config/environment', __FILE__)
use Rack::Pjax
run RackApp::Application
```
III. Install [jquery-pjax](https://github.com/defunkt/jquery-pjax). Make sure to add the 'data-pjax-container'-attribute to the container.
```html
...
...
...
```
(For more see [the docs of jquery-pjax](https://github.com/defunkt/jquery-pjax#usage).)
IV. Fire up your [pushState-enabled browser](http://caniuse.com/#search=pushstate) and enjoy!
Requirements
------------
- Nokogiri
Contributors
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[The contributors](https://github.com/eval/rack-pjax/graphs/contributors).