Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language. It was designed and developed in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto in Japan.

In this article, we are going to study REST, routes, constraints, and namespaces. Before we dive into these concepts let’s take a look at how web-based services in the perspective of web users.

Rails 5 ships a new gem rails-api which makes building API only rails apps a breeze. ActiveRecord is a part of Rails 5 along with a strong asset pipeline, making Rails a great option for creating APIs.