sinatra-formhelpers¶ ↑

sinatra-formhelpers is a suite of form helpers for sinatra.

link "google", "http://www.google.com"            # Returns "<a href='http://www.google.com'>google</a>"
label :person, :first_name         # Returns "<label for='person_first_name'>First Name</label>"
text :person, :first_name  # Returns "<input name='person[first_name]' id='person_first_name' value='' type='text' />"

There are also helpers for (area, submit, image, radio, checkbox, and select)

To install it, run:

sudo gem install twilson63-sinatra-formhelpers -s gems.github.com

To include it in a Sinatra application, write:

require 'rubygems'
require 'sinatra/formhelpers'

If you’re subclassing Sinatra::Base, then you need to call helpers manually:

class MyApp < Sinatra::Base
  helpers Sinatra::FormHelpers
  # ...
end

Copyright © 2009 twilson63. See LICENSE for details.