# Rails as RESTful web service

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-as-restful-web-service/157438>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 11, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-as-restful-web-service/157438 "2009-01-11T10:37:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![builtbysimple](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@builtbysimple](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/builtbysimple)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-as-restful-web-service/157438/1 "2009-01-11T10:37:17Z")

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Dear all,

Is it possible to use rails as a RESTful web service? Has anyone done  
this before? Is there any drawback when doing this? Could anyone share  
their experiences?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![builtbysimple](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@builtbysimple](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/builtbysimple)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-as-restful-web-service/157438/2 "2009-01-11T15:27:47Z")

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It’s a litle bit old, but you can probably get a lot of good ideas  
from it →   
[http://www.rubyinside.com/restful-rails-development-pdf-released-392.html](http://www.rubyinside.com/restful-rails-development-pdf-released-392.html)

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Maurício Linhares  
[http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/](http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/) (pt-br) | [http://blog.codevader.com/](http://blog.codevader.com/)  
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