# ActiveResource with Rails 1.2.x? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 31, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-with-rails-1-2-x/105606 "2007-05-31T16:59:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linus1412)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-with-rails-1-2-x/105606/1 "2007-05-31T16:59:27Z")
Hi, Is it possible to use ActiveResource with Rails 1.2.x ? I’ve seen that you can download it as a source gem (gem install activeresource-source [http://gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org)) I’d love to hear from anybody who has tried this, or even better, somebody who has got this working. Martin ---
**Author:** ![linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linus1412)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-with-rails-1-2-x/105606/2 "2007-05-31T17:03:28Z")
On 5/31/07, linus1412 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to use ActiveResource with Rails 1.2.x ? > > I’ve seen that you can download it as a source gem (gem install > activeresource-source [http://gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org)) > > I’d love to hear from anybody who has tried this, or even better, > somebody who has got this working. Probably not, I think there were some changes to ActiveSupport to uh… support it. Upgrading to edge rails shouldn’t be too difficult from Rails 1.2.3 though… – Rick O. [http://lighthouseapp.com](http://lighthouseapp.com) [http://weblog.techno-weenie.net](http://weblog.techno-weenie.net) [http://mephistoblog.com](http://mephistoblog.com) ---
**Author:** ![linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linus1412)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-with-rails-1-2-x/105606/3 "2007-05-31T17:14:30Z")
Just the man… Thanks for the quick response Rick. When I did the gem install for ARes it updated ASup (have I just made this one up?) to the dependent version. I then had to make ARes active, but hit errors as Rails then wants to find the rest of Rails in vendor/rails. The reason I say ‘Just the man’ is because I’m trying to call an instance of your lovely Beast from my existing app, to dynamically create forums, topics and posts. I guess I’ll just have to hand cruft the REST calls to Beast for now then. Shame. Thanks, Martin ---
**Author:** ![linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linus1412)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-with-rails-1-2-x/105606/4 "2007-05-31T17:16:31Z")
Sorry - should have pointed out that Edge is out of the question, as my app is already in production. ---
**Author:** ![linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linus1412)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-with-rails-1-2-x/105606/5 "2007-05-31T17:28:33Z")
On 5/31/07, linus1412 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Sorry - should have pointed out that Edge is out of the question, as > my app is already in production. My apps are on edge too :o It works out if you have good tests and you don’t blindly bump the edge version. – Rick O. [http://lighthouseapp.com](http://lighthouseapp.com) [http://weblog.techno-weenie.net](http://weblog.techno-weenie.net) [http://mephistoblog.com](http://mephistoblog.com) ---
**Author:** ![linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linus1412)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-with-rails-1-2-x/105606/6 "2007-05-31T18:13:39Z")
Hi Jason, I tried what you suggested, but when I try to create one of my ARes objects in the console I get: f = Forum.new NameError: uninitialized constant ActiveResource from ./script/…/config/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activerecord/ lib/…/…/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:266:in `load_missing_constant' from ./script/../config/../config/../vendor/rails/activerecord/ lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:452:in`const\_missing’ from ./script/…/config/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activerecord/ lib/…/…/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:464:in `const_missing' from ./script/../config/../config/../app/models/forum.rb:9 from ./script/../config/../config/../vendor/rails/activerecord/ lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:203:in`load\_without\_new\_constant\_marking’ from ./script/…/config/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activerecord/ lib/…/…/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:203:in `load_file' from ./script/../config/../config/../vendor/rails/activerecord/ lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in`new\_constants\_in’ from ./script/…/config/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activerecord/ lib/…/…/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:202:in `load_file' from ./script/../config/../config/../vendor/rails/activerecord/ lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:94:in`require\_or\_load’ from ./script/…/config/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activerecord/ lib/…/…/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:248:in `load_missing_constant' from ./script/../config/../config/../vendor/rails/activerecord/ lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:452:in`const\_missing’ from ./script/…/config/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activerecord/ lib/…/…/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:464:in `const\_missing’ from (irb):2 Any idea? Martin ---
**Author:** ![linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linus1412)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-with-rails-1-2-x/105606/7 "2007-05-31T17:28:33Z")
If Edge is out of the question, then it’s not too difficult of a process. What I did was put activeresource under vendor, then in my environment.rb: config.load\_paths += %w( #{RAILS\_ROOT}/vendor/activeresource/lib ) and let Rails do the rest. Jason ---
**Author:** ![linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linus1412)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-with-rails-1-2-x/105606/8 "2007-05-31T18:15:39Z")
On 5/31/07, linus1412 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi Jason, > > I tried what you suggested, but when I try to create one of my ARes > objects in the console I get: > > f = Forum.new > NameError: uninitialized constant ActiveResource You need to require ‘active\_resource’ – Rick O. [http://lighthouseapp.com](http://lighthouseapp.com) [http://weblog.techno-weenie.net](http://weblog.techno-weenie.net) [http://mephistoblog.com](http://mephistoblog.com) ---
**Author:** ![linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@linus1412](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linus1412)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-with-rails-1-2-x/105606/9 "2007-05-31T18:26:40Z")
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