# What's the simplest way to use ActiveResource in ruby (without rails)?

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 28, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-simplest-way-to-use-activeresource-in-ruby-without-rails/178068 "2009-10-28T18:31:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![skarayan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@skarayan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/skarayan)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-simplest-way-to-use-activeresource-in-ruby-without-rails/178068/1 "2009-10-28T18:31:06Z")

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I would like to use this class in a standalone project, but I have  
been unsuccessful thus far.  
Also, how does this class exactly communicate with the web server?  
Thank you.

class Person \< ActiveResource::Base  
self.site = “[http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/)”  
end

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**Author:** ![skarayan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@skarayan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/skarayan)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-simplest-way-to-use-activeresource-in-ruby-without-rails/178068/2 "2009-10-29T20:29:44Z")

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skarayan wrote:

> I would like to use this class in a standalone project, but I have  
> been unsuccessful thus far.  
> Also, how does this class exactly communicate with the web server?  
> Thank you.
> 
> class Person \< ActiveResource::Base  
> self.site = “[http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/)”  
> end

Look at the docs: [http://api.rubyonrails.org/](http://api.rubyonrails.org/)

and specifically: ActiveRecord::Base.establish\_connection()

ActiveRecord::Base.establish\_connection(  
:adapter =\> “mysql”,  
:host =\> “localhost”,  
:username =\> “myuser”,  
:password =\> “mypass”,  
:database =\> “somedatabase”  
)

hth

ilan

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**Author:** ![skarayan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@skarayan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/skarayan)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-simplest-way-to-use-activeresource-in-ruby-without-rails/178068/3 "2009-10-30T10:29:15Z")

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Thank you for the response, but I am looking for ActiveResource and  
not ActiveRecord.  
ActiveResource is the REST component of Rails.

On Oct 29, 3:29 pm, Ilan B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)