[Rails] Re: Consuming a web service created with Rails, ETL vs Rest?

Monserrat Foster wrote in post #1124014:
> I don't want any code. The gem suggested to me to use is
> Activewarehouse-ETL but as far as I know, this gem only allows to manip
> databases and the administrator for the redmine app clearly said no
> databases conections because 'I might damage something' so, my question
> was
> when consuming a webservice, like redmine API, but without handling
> databases, is it better to use REST (httparty) or ETL (ActiveWarehouse)
> and
> why

See, now that's a much more clear and concise question. With the
information you have provided I would be confident in suggesting to use
the REST services provided by Redmine over anything that would
manipulate the database directly. There's no telling what you might
break.

P.S. I know you didn't ask for code. Apparently, you haven't spent much
time on developer forums where many people simply want someone to
provide them the solution without doing any research or trying anything
themselves. That is probably the most annoying thing to veteran
developers who frequent developer forums. There is a right and wrong way
to ask questions on a forum like this one. The primary rules are...
Research before you post, think before you post, ask a single, concise,
but complete, question. Tell us what you've tried, any errors you may be
seeing (with stack traces when possible), and any specific code you may
be having trouble with. That will get you the answers you seek without
annoying the people capable of providing good answers.

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