Instead of storing static data a database, you can create a structured YML or JSON file and parse it from your Ruby/Rails app.
I really like the data structure of a .yml file, because it is much cleaner to write than .json.
Here’s an example list of schools in the YAML format:
# db/view_data/schools.yml - name: Austin High School team_name: Austin Mustangs city: Houston state: TX primary_color: green secondary_color: white - name: Bellaire High School team_name: Bellaire Cardinals city: Houston state: TX primary_color: red-lighter secondary_color: white - name: Carnegie Vanguard High School team_name: Carnegie Vanguard Rhinos city: Houston state: TX primary_color: blue secondary_color: red-lighter You can parse this data (convert it into a Hash or Array) using Ruby on Rails native yaml parsers!
- Parse a local YAML file with pure Ruby :
require 'yaml' path = "/Users/yaroslavshmarov/Documents/GitHub.nosync/schools.yml" @schools = YAML::load File.open(path) @schools.first.fetch('name') # => "Austin High School" Source: Ruby YAML docs
- Parse a YAML file inside a Rails app:
# a controller action # @schools = YAML::load File.open("#{Rails.root.to_s}/db/fixtures/schools.yml") # ruby way @schools = YAML.load_file('db/fixtures/schools.yml') # rails way @schools.inspect Render the results in a view:
# a view <% @schools.each do |school| %> <%= school.fetch('name') %> <%= school['name'] %> <% end %> Source: Rails YAML.load_file docs
That’s it! 🤠
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