Rails API
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CommentsWhat is Rails API?
Rails::API is a subset of a normal Rails application, created for applications that don't require all functionality that a complete Rails application provides. It is a bit more lightweight, and consequently a bit faster than a normal Rails application. The main example for its usage is in API applications only, where you usually don't need the entire Rails middleware stack nor template generation.
Rails API is a tool in the Microframeworks category of a tech stack.
Rails API Pros & Cons
Pros of Rails API
- ✓Great for quick decoupled apps
- ✓Lightweight
- ✓Simply the best
- ✓Soon to be merged into core Rails 5
- ✓Logging by default
Cons of Rails API
No cons listed yet.
Rails API Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Rails API?
ExpressJS
Express is a minimal and flexible node.js web application framework, providing a robust set of features for building single and multi-page, and hybrid web applications.
Flask
Flask is intended for getting started very quickly and was developed with best intentions in mind.
Django REST framework
It is a powerful and flexible toolkit that makes it easy to build Web APIs.
FastAPI
It is a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints.