Hi community,
for my application, I decided to use a configuration based on YAML.
For this purpose I installed a plugin called “app_config” (I think
there are at least two plugins called “app_config”, so I hope that
plugin doesn’t cause my problem). I wrote a “settings” controller, so
that non-developers can easily change config values. I think I post
the code here (It’s only my first approach to see if this approach is
a good idea, there is still a lot to improve):
class SettingsController < ApplicationController
before_filter :authorise
def index
redirect_to :action => “list”
end
def list
@changeable = YAML::load_file “#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/
change_settings.yml”
@settings = Settings.params.to_a.flatten &
@changeable.to_a.flatten
end
def update
redirect_to_404 unless request.xhr?
path_to_settings_yml = RAILS_ROOT + “/config/settings.yml”
y = YAML::load_file path_to_settings_yml
changeable = YAML::load_file “#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/
change_settings.yml”
y[“common”][params[:key]] = params[:value]
File.open(path_to_settings_yml, “w”) { |f| f.write(y.to_yaml) }
render :nothing => true
end
end
The “update” action is called via link_to_remote:
<%= link_to_remote “Update”, {:url => { :action => “update”, :key =>
setting}, :with => “‘value=’ + prompt(‘Wert’, ‘’)” , :method =>
“put” }, {:id => “update_#{setting}”} %>
“Settings” is an instance of the “AppConfig” class provided by the
plugin:
class AppConfig
def initialize(file = nil)
@sections = {}
@params = {}
use_file!(file) if file
end
def use_file!(file)
begin
hash = YAML::load(ERB.new(IO.read(file)).result)
@sections.merge!(hash) {|key, old_val, new_val| (old_val ||
new_val).merge new_val }
@params.merge!(@sections[‘common’])
rescue; end
end
def use_section!(section)
@params.merge!(@sections[section.to_s]) if @sections.key?
(section.to_s)
end
def method_missing(param)
param = param.to_s
if @params.key?(param)
@params[param]
else
raise "Invalid AppConfig Parameter " + param
end
end
def params
@params
end
end
This code works - it’s not very good, but it works. But after a value
is written, when I reload the page, the value don’t change - although
it’s successfully changed in the settings.yml. I’m using the server
provided by Rails 2.1 (started via script/server):
=> Booting Mongrel (use ‘script/server webrick’ to force WEBrick)
=> Rails 2.1.0 application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000
=> Call with -d to detach
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server
** Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000
** Starting Rails with development environment…
** Rails loaded.
** Loading any Rails specific GemPlugins
** Signals ready. TERM => stop. USR2 => restart. INT => stop (no
restart).
** Rails signals registered. HUP => reload (without restart). It
might not work well.
** Mongrel 1.1.4 available at 0.0.0.0:3000
** Use CTRL-C to stop.
After I restart the server, the changed value appears on the page. It
seems to me that the server is using some kind of caching mechanism,
but it is also possible that my browser causes the problem (I tested
it with Safari and Firefox). I hope anybody can help me to solve this
problem, it’s a very annoying one.
Thank you very much in advance
Christoph
I don’t know why I didn’t