# Reading API?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-api/114311>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 11, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-api/114311 "2007-09-11T09:08:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-api/114311/1 "2007-09-11T09:08:42Z")

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How to read the Rails / Ruby Api ?

This question comes on my mind when I look at ActiveRecord::Base  
documentation. I am looking for all methods that are available on  
ActiveRecord::Base, but i couldnt know.

For example belongs\_to, has\_many … is actually belongs to  
ActivRecord::Association…and Association is part of  
ActiveRecord::Base (I knew it from the books .) … but how i know  
about all methods (that belong to parrent classes as well) that is  
available by reading Rails API ?

thank you

adwin