# What's the use of ActiveResource

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-use-of-activeresource/110694>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 29, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-use-of-activeresource/110694 "2007-07-29T20:28:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patcito)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-use-of-activeresource/110694/1 "2007-07-29T20:28:59Z")

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Hey all,

I read that ARes is mostly a tool to facilitate access to APIs but can  
it be used as an ActiveRecord replacement in some cases? if yes, what  
cases?

thanx in advance

Pat

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**Author:** ![patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patcito)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-use-of-activeresource/110694/2 "2007-07-29T22:35:18Z")

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> I read that ARes is mostly a tool to facilitate access to APIs but can  
> it be used as an ActiveRecord replacement in some cases? if yes, what  
> cases?

You can use it in the case where the data you’re accessing is behind a  
compatible API and not a database.

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