# Bundling REST POSTs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 21, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bundling-rest-posts/107397 "2007-06-21T09:05:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chirag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chirag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bundling-rest-posts/107397/1 "2007-06-21T09:05:27Z")
I will be sending about 3000 REST POSTs every 15 seconds. What is the best way to bundle them? Would I have to create a custom action and/or controller unbundle them? Is there an easier way through a plugin or library? thanks chirag ---
**Author:** ![chirag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chirag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bundling-rest-posts/107397/2 "2007-06-21T17:23:52Z")
On 6/21/07, chirag [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I will be sending about 3000 REST POSTs every 15 seconds. What is the > best way to bundle them? Would I have to create a custom action and/or > controller unbundle them? Is there an easier way through a plugin or > library? I just committed a patch that handles xml arrays. Try this in your console to see what the xml should look like: > > posts = Post.find(:all) > > xml = posts.to\_xml(:root =\> ‘posts’) > > puts xml It works both ways: > > Hash.from\_xml(xml) If you’re POSTing to an xml-formatted rails action, the parsing to the params hash should be all handled for you of course. – 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:** ![chirag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chirag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bundling-rest-posts/107397/3 "2007-06-22T23:04:42Z")
On Jun 21, 10:22 am, “Rick O.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I just committed a patch that handles xml arrays. Try this in your > console to see what the xml should look like: Rick, thanks! What do you mean “by committed a patch”? A patch to what? > If you’re POSTing to an xml-formatted rails action, the parsing to the > params hash should be all handled for you of course. What do you mean by “handled for you”? I created the controllers and actions using the scaffold\_resource generator. Are you saying that the existing POST action will recognize that the POSTs are bundled in an array and process each individual one all automatically? ---
**Author:** ![chirag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chirag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bundling-rest-posts/107397/4 "2007-06-24T16:15:08Z")
On 6/22/07, chirag [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > what? > to Rails. > > If you’re POSTing to an xml-formatted rails action, the parsing to the > > params hash should be all handled for you of course. > > What do you mean by “handled for you”? I created the controllers and > actions using the scaffold\_resource generator. Are you saying that the > existing POST action will recognize that the POSTs are bundled in an > array and process each individual one all automatically? It’ll parse the xml into params for you. – Rick O. [http://lighthouseapp.com](http://lighthouseapp.com) [http://weblog.techno-weenie.net](http://weblog.techno-weenie.net) [http://mephistoblog.com](http://mephistoblog.com)