Questions & Help>Questions

How to use Ash as a wrapper for an external REST API

/ash#rest_api
peterhartman

peterhartman

How to use Ash as a wrapper for an external REST API

I am new to Ash and would like to use it to sit on top of (wrap) an external REST API. Is there an approach to doing this that is going to yield maximum advantage further down the line?

Should I create my own data layer? Use data_layer: :embedded and manual actions? A third thing?

3 comments
/ash#rest_api
5 871 3

Most Liked

zachdaniel

zachdaniel

Creator of Ash

That is the essential way to do it yes. However, we have an experimental package if you’re willing to be a pioneer :slight_smile: GitHub - ash-project/ash_json_api_wrapper · GitHub

How well this will work for you depends a bit on the api as well.

2
Post #2
bpat

bpat

There’s a dedicated page in the docs. I haven’t done this myself but maybe helps you out.

2
Post #4

Where Next?

View thread on forum (has 3 responses!)
ash
rest_api
Home Questions & Help>Questions
/ash#rest_api
5 871 3
Last post

Popular in Questions Top

chokchit
Questions & Help>Questions

DBConnection Error - connection not available and request was dropped
** (DBConnection.ConnectionError) connection not available and request was dropped from queue after 2733ms. You can configure how long re...
/phoenix#ecto
16 15283 10
New
sergio
Questions & Help>Questions

Updating a field using Ecto one-liner?
In Ruby, I can go: User.find_by(email: "foobar@email.com").update(email: "hello@email.com") How can I do something similar in Elixir? ...
15 14661 3
New
Tee
Questions & Help>Questions

Enumerables - how does Enum.reduce work with maps
can someone please explain to me how Enum.reduce works with maps
#erlang
18 14791 13
New
johnnyicon
Questions & Help>Questions

How do I use the Postgres JSONB / Postgrex JSON extension?
Hi all, I’ve just started learning Elixir and Phoenix Framework, so please pardon my n00bness at this stage. I’m trying to use Postgres...
#ecto
22 17673 9
New
fireproofsocks
Questions & Help>Questions

Ecto delete a record WITHOUT selecting first
Forgive me if this is obvious, but how does one delete a database record WITHOUT selecting it first? Ecto.Repo — Ecto v3.14.0 has exampl...
#ecto#optimization#delete-method
22 16944 8
New
stefanchrobot
Questions & Help>Questions

How to decode a JSON into a struct safely?
What’s the safe way to decode a JSON string into a struct? I want to avoid calling String.to_atom. Jason.decode can give me a map with st...
#structs#json
29 21152 26
New
jaysoifer
Questions & Help>Questions

How to rollback a specific ecto migration?
Is there a way to rollback a specific migration and only that one (“skipping” all the other ones)? Would mix ecto.rollback -v 200809061...
/phoenix#ecto
13 16739 7
New
alice
Questions & Help>Questions

What are the main benefits of Elixir compared to Clojure?
Hey, Just curious what are the main benefits of Elixir compared to Clojure? When is Elixir more useful than Clojure and vice versa? Th...
#clojure
229 33752 47
New
nsuchy
Questions & Help>Questions

IEX in Windows Powershell?
Hi. I’ve noticed that Windows Powershell has it’s own IEX command and you cannot access Elixir’s IEX due to the conflict. This isn’t a cr...
#iex#microsoft-windows#windows#powershell
15 30117 4
New
yawaramin
Questions & Help>Questions

Dialyzer: suppress warning on a specific function
In the Dialyzer docs ( dialyzer — OTP 29.0.2 (dialyzer 6.0.1) ), there is a way to turn off a specific warning for a function: -dialyzer...
#dialyzer
26 14015 7
New

Other popular topics Top

vertexbuffer
Questions & Help>Questions

Deleting item from a list
Hello, can anybody help here..? I have a list of players and I what to delete an element, but every for loop the list is reverting to ori...
7 24292 4
New
Patoshizzle
Questions & Help>Questions

(Postgrex.Error) FATAL 28P01 (invalid_password) password authentication failed for user “postgres”
After calling mix ecto.create I get this error: 17:00:32.162 [error] GenServer #PID<0.412.0> terminating ** (Postgrex.Error) FATAL...
#ecto#postgres#troubleshooting
10 29754 20
New
johnnyicon
Questions & Help>Questions

How do I use the Postgres JSONB / Postgrex JSON extension?
Hi all, I’ve just started learning Elixir and Phoenix Framework, so please pardon my n00bness at this stage. I’m trying to use Postgres...
#ecto
22 17673 9
New
josevalim
Official Elixir>Proposals

Behaviours, defoverridable and implementations
Hi everyone, One of the features added to Elixir early on to help integration with Erlang code was the idea of overridable function defi...
#official-elixir-proposal
111 22967 35
New
pmjoe
Questions & Help>Questions

What do you think of Gleam compared to Elixir?
I have a relationship of love and hate with Elixir. Lots of things are just absolutely right, but there are some things that are kind of ...
#programminguages#gleam
24 17513 10
New
Qqwy
Questions & Help>Questions

Updating structs: Map.put vs %Foo{oldfoo | new: value} vs put_in
Original source of discussion: This topic on the Pragmatic Programmers’ Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix forum. ...
#maps#structs#pipeline#access
115 28772 31
New
AstonJ
Chat & Discussions>Discussions

Elixir Code Editors & IDEs - which one are you using? (Poll)
Please see the new poll here: Which code editor or IDE do you use? (Poll) (2022 Edition) It’s been a while since we first asked this, I...
#code-editors
208 31142 143
New
saif
Chat & Discussions>Discussions

Dialyzer - Function foo/1 has no local return
Hello everyone, Long time lurker first time poster here. I’ve recently begun working on Elixir full-time again! :raised_hands: It’s been...
#dialyzer#type-checking
15 20032 5
New
komlanvi
Questions & Help>Questions

LiveView phx-change attribute does not emit event on input text
Hi everyone, I was playing with phoenix liveView but I run into an issue. I have a form and want to validate each input text when the te...
/phoenix#liveview#input-validation
67 20644 33
New
PeterCarter
Questions & Help>Questions

Good auth solutions for Elixir/Phoenix?
There are pre-rolled solutions for other frameworks that do work. However, Phoenix does not seem to have these. Have people had good expe...
/phoenix#authentication
48 21542 20
New
Back to top

Latest Ash Threads

Ash Forum ❯

Questions & Help>Questions

Questions Questions ❯

Latest on Elixir Forum

Elixir Forum ❯

Sponsor Spotlight

Honeybadger

Real-time error tracking, performance insights, and observability for devs.

Our Sponsors

Dashbit

Build Elixir applications with speed and confidence.

EEF

Supporting innovation across the BEAM ecosystem.

Coders51

We build reliable cloud platforms for business-critical systems.

AppSignal

Catch errors, track performance, monitor hosts and more.

Honeybadger

Real-time error tracking, performance insights, and observability for devs.

Pragmatic Bookshelf

Practical resources that improve the lives of professional developers.

ElixirCasts

Producing high quality Elixir screencasts since 2017.

WyewWorks

Enabling companies to succeed by building software people love.

Pragmatic Studio

Courses that'll move you from confusion to "Aha, now I get it!"

View all our sponsors ❯

Categories:

Sub Categories:

Forums

Popular Tags

Our Sponsors

Dashbit

Build Elixir applications with speed and confidence.

EEF

Supporting innovation across the BEAM ecosystem.

Coders51

We build reliable cloud platforms for business-critical systems.

AppSignal

Catch errors, track performance, monitor hosts and more.

Honeybadger

Real-time error tracking, performance insights, and observability for devs.

Pragmatic Bookshelf

Practical resources that improve the lives of professional developers.

ElixirCasts

Producing high quality Elixir screencasts since 2017.

WyewWorks

Enabling companies to succeed by building software people love.

Pragmatic Studio

Courses that'll move you from confusion to "Aha, now I get it!"

View all our sponsors ❯

We're in Beta

About us Mission Statement