Active Resource Attributes
This gem is a monkey-patch an extension for ActiveResource which integrates ActiveModel::Attributes module and allows to define attributes for type casting and default values.
Installation
Add gem to your Gemfile
gem "activeresource-attributes"Usage
Include the module in the ActiveResource model and define your attributes
class Person < ActiveResource::Base
self.site = "http://example.com"
include ActiveResourse::Attributes
attribute :integer_field, :integer
attribute :string_field, :string
attribute :float_field, :float
attribute :date_field, :date
attribute :boolean_field, :boolean
attribute :field_with_default_value, :integer, default: 123
endThe values are casted to the defined types and default values are supported.
person = Person.new
person.integer_field = "2.3"
person.integer_field # => 2
person.float_field = "12.3"
person.float_field # => 12.3
person.date_field = "2016-01-01"
person.date_field # => Fri, 01 Jan 2016
person.boolean_field = "0"
person.boolean_field # => false
person.field_with_default_value # => 123Contribution
Please, feel free to contribute and report any bugs.