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h1. Rails OPTIONSful

Provide dynamic information about resources via the OPTIONS' HTTP method on a RESTful design over the Ruby on Rails framework.

* Note for the impatient: installation instructions below.
* Note for the dummies: change host names and paths properly.
* Note for the unfaithful: run @rake routes@ to validate the results.

h2. "-No! No! No! *-Show me the code!*" 

<pre>
  
$ telnet kayaman.baurets.net 3000 
OPTIONS /notes HTTP/1.1
Host: kayaman.baurets.net

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content 
Allow: GET, POST
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:46:00 GMT
Link: <http://baurets.net/api/resources>; type=text/html; rel=help

OPTIONS /notes/1 HTTP/1.1
Host: kayaman.baurets.net

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content 
Allow: GET, PUT, DELETE
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:47:47 GMT
Link: <http://baurets.net/api/resources>; type=text/html; rel=help

</pre>

~Note the empty line which is part of the HTTP protocol.~

h2. INSTALLATION:

# Change directory to your Ruby on Rails web application,
# Add gem dependency to @config/environment.rb@:
<pre>
  config.gem "optionsful"
</pre>
# To install it, run:
<pre>
  $ gem install optionsful
</pre>
# Have fun!

h2. TODO & WHISH-LIST
* -Make the installation easier.-
* -Create tests! (Oh no! Psst! Don't tell anyone!)-


h2. KNOWN ISSUES
* -Rails route recognition need hard work-
* Platform: ruby 1.8.7, rails 2.3.8, rack 1.2.1

h2. CONTRIBUTORS
* Me, myself and I, so far.
* You are welcome, do it. ;-)

Copyright (c) 2010 Marco Antonio Gonzalez Junior, [e-mail], released under the MIT license.

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
optionsful-0.1.5	README.textile
optionsful-0.1.2	README.textile