Creating a GeoTargeting API with RESTful Services using Rails (Part 4)

Creating a GeoTargeting API with RESTful Services using Rails (Part 4)

Getting Data from AdWords table

Basically, this is the method (get_location) that retrieves the information from the AdWords table and allows us to send it back to the controller so the results can be shown to the user (by using a View or an AJAX method using JSON as we will see in the next part of this series)

def self.get_location(name, search_locations) scope = GeoTarget.active(name) if…

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Creating a GeoTargeting API with RESTful Services using Rails (Part 3)

Creating a GeoTargeting API with RESTful Services using Rails (Part 3)

Gluing Everything Together

Now, here comes the magic part of Ruby on Rails coding: the amazing controller. This buddy is pretty much the brain that makes everything works with the Model and Action Views. A long explanation of how the controller works can be read in the Official Ruby on Rails Guide

So, for our project, we need to generate a controller with at least one method (index) which will be…

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Creating a Geo-Targeting API with RESTful Services using Rails (Part 2)

Creating a Geo-Targeting API with RESTful Services using Rails (Part 2)

Adding Sauce to the Model

After the database has been populated, we need to add some logic to the Model class. At the beginning, our model will look something like this

class Geotarget < ActiveRecord::Base end

After it, we need to add some methods to pull the information we require from the database. So, at first, we need to know if the location we are querying is marked as Active in the…

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Creating a Geo-Targeting API with RESTful Services using Rails (Part 1)

Creating a Geo-Targeting API with RESTful Services using Rails (Part 1)

Last two weeks, I was deeply involved in creating an open, public API with a specific functionality: enter some characters into a textbox and display matching locations (cities, states, countries, and such) as you type.

That sounds a pretty easy task to do using AJAX if (because there’s always an if) you already have built the back-end for it. Beforehand, you need to have the required data in a…

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You are never too old to learn something new

You are never too old to learn something new

These last three months have been really hectic, professionally speaking. Starting a new project, which involved getting back to basics with my developer skills, using a new Ruby on Rails version, HAML, SCSS, integration with AWS buckets, a very tricky git workflow and a bunch of new gems that I’ve never heard of before, gave me some chills and a few nightmares. So, I decided to take the bull by…

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