Extensions

Extensions are helper modules or classes we ship with Praxis that extend the default functionality. They can be extremely useful to reuse pattern, reuse boilerplate or provide common functionality. However, they are completely optional and must be explicitly required when you choose to use them.

Praxis currently includes the following extensions, all under the Praxis::Extensions namespace:

• FieldSelection: adds an enhanced version of Attributor::FieldSelector suitable for defining API parameters that describe which fields to return in responses. I.e. a compatible (yet simplified) GraphQL type syntax for field selection.
• Rendering: adds render and display helper methods to controllers to reduce common boilerplate in producing rendered representations of media types and setting response “Content-Type” headers.
• MapperSelectors adds Controller#set_selectors, which sets selectors in the controller’s identity_map to ensure any fields and associations necessary to render the :view and/or :fields params specified in the request are loaded for a given model when identity_map.load(model) is called.
• FieldExpansion provides a Controller#expanded_fields helper for processing :view and/or :fields params to determine the final set fields necessary to handle the request.