Better way to create versioned web service?

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Hello,

I want to create a web service which is “versioned”, which means each
version will have it’s own api and controller.

Ideally my directory structure would look like:
apis
1.00
webservice_api.rb
controllers
1.00
webservice_controller.rb

I also wanted to have a pretty URL like:
http://address.com/WebService/1.00/service.wsdl

The solution I managed to hack, is by modifying the following rails
files:

action_controller/routing.rb (line 228):

def traverse_to_controller(segments, start_at = 0)
mod = ::Object
length = segments.length
index = start_at
mod_name = controller_name = segment = nil

      # right now the version is hard coded, so it will check for

version, and set global variable
if(segments[1] == ‘1.00’)
$controller_version = ‘1.00’
end

action_web_service/container/action_controller_container.rb (line 64):

if $controller_version != ‘’ && file_name != ‘application_api’
require_dependency($controller_version + ‘\’ + file_name)
else
require_dependency(file_name)
end

Then I created a file:
app/controllers/webservice_controller.rb

With the following:
require_dependency $controller_version + ‘/icuws_main_controller’

Those who managed to follow me :slight_smile: I am wondering if there is a better
solution to this problem, or my solution might benefit someone who needs
same kind of hack.