# ActionWebServices

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservices/99545>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 24, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservices/99545 "2006-07-24T00:56:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jhk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jhk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jhk)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservices/99545/1 "2006-07-24T00:56:20Z")

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Is there a problem with Direct Web Services on Windoze?  
A routing error occurs with simple controller/api configs as  
described in the AWDwR text. route.rb has a wsdl route, but  
I would like to scaffold it to render either wsdl or ws  
functions from localhost:3000/ctrlr/invoke or localhost:3000/ctrlr/wsdl.

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**Author:** ![jhk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jhk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jhk)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservices/99545/2 "2006-07-24T19:31:33Z")

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jhk wrote:

> Is there a problem with Direct Web Services on Windoze?  
> A routing error occurs with simple controller/api configs as  
> described in the AWDwR text. route.rb has a wsdl route, but  
> I would like to scaffold it to render either wsdl or ws  
> functions from localhost:3000/ctrlr/invoke or localhost:3000/ctrlr/wsdl.

Yep, the functional test works great, but the scaffolding will not  
go on Windows??? Any ideas? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jhk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jhk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jhk)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservices/99545/3 "2006-07-24T20:20:23Z")

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jhk wrote:

> Yep, the functional test works great, but the scaffolding will not  
> go on Windows??? Any ideas? Thanks!

Never mind, folks… The example 'HowToGetStartedWithActionWebServices,  
which was posted at [wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/HowToGet](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/HowToGet)… did not work  
as suggested. The controller, api, and action were all called the same  
(UsefulSum) which confused the routing. I can’t seem to locate this  
HowTo anymore, which I found 7/21/06, 11:17 AM CDT and was last updated  
7/12/06 by AnonymousCoward… Does being led down the wrong path  
foster that special community spirit? If it pops up again, I’ll fix  
the damaged verbiage. Sorry for the rant, I’ve spent quite a bit of  
time on this while still holding RoR as truly brilliant product.

-Jeff

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**Author:** ![jhk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jhk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jhk)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservices/99545/4 "2006-07-24T21:34:32Z")

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Dan K. wrote:

> The wiki’s broken because folks don’t fix it. I found the page by  
> searching for UsefulSum.
> 
> [Peak Obsession](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/)  
> HowToGetStartedWithActionWebService
> 
> Please update it so others don’t have to repeat your headaches.
> 
> ```
> - dan
> 
> ```
> 
> –  
> Dan K. [mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
> [http://www.dankohn.com/](http://www.dankohn.com/)tel:+1-415-233-1000

Thanks Dan. Yes, I had assumed that the list was sorted – located it  
by your search method without a hitch. The updated document is now  
available. Headaches are presumably over for now…

-Jeff

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**Author:** ![jhk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jhk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jhk)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservices/99545/5 "2006-07-24T21:12:25Z")

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The wiki’s broken because folks don’t fix it. I found the page by  
searching for UsefulSum.

[http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/)  
HowToGetStartedWithActionWebService

Please update it so others don’t have to repeat your headaches.

```
        - dan

```

–  
Dan K. [mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
[http://www.dankohn.com/](http://www.dankohn.com/)tel:+1-415-233-1000