# Recommended Reading for

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-reading-for/153035>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 11, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-reading-for/153035 "2008-11-11T10:57:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-reading-for/153035/1 "2008-11-11T10:57:13Z")

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For one of my sites, I want to create a developer API so that other  
people can leverage of what we build to quickly put together their own  
solutions (I guess something like Google Maps is a good parallel  
example). We’d like to control who uses it since we have data providers  
who would like to know when we pass data on to someone else.

What would you recommend that I read? It’s fine if it’s a book (doesn’t  
need to be only online articles though those would give me a good start  
also). [needless to say, Rails would be my preferred choice].

Thanks,  
Mohit.

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-reading-for/153035/2 "2008-11-12T00:23:55Z")

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Hi Mojit,

Mohit S. wrote:

> For one of my sites, I want to create a developer API so that other  
> people can leverage of what we build to quickly put together their own  
> solutions (I guess something like Google Maps is a good parallel  
> example). We’d like to control who uses it since we have data providers  
> who would like to know when we pass data on to someone else.
> 
> What would you recommend that I read? It’s fine if it’s a book (doesn’t  
> need to be only online articles though those would give me a good start  
> also). [needless to say, Rails would be my preferred choice].

I’d recommend picking up “RESTful Web Services”  
([Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/RESTful-Web-Services-Leonard-Richardson/dp/0596529260)  
). It gave me an expanded view; quickly. Googling the same three words  
gives good results too.

HTH,  
Bill

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-reading-for/153035/3 "2008-11-12T17:24:22Z")

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Bill W. wrote:

> > 
> 
> HTH,  
> Bill

Thanks Bill - I shall take a look at that!

Cheers,  
Mohit.  
11/13/2008 | 12:22 AM.