rails-api not allowing any generation - mongodb

Question

I'm struggling trying to get the configuration of rails-api with the mongo_mapper gem.
I'm using rails v 4.1.1
gemfile looks as follows
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'mongo'
gem 'mongo_mapper', :git => "git://github.com/mongomapper/mongomapper.git", :tag => "v0.13.0.beta2"
gem 'bson_ext'
gem 'railties'
I ran rails-api new test-app --skip-active-record which generates a simple file structure.
.
├── Gemfile
├── Gemfile.lock
├── README.rdoc
├── Rakefile
└── config.ru
After that, per the instructions on the README for mongo_mapper I specified the correct version in my gemfile so that it's compatible with Rails 4.
gem 'mongo_mapper', :git => "git://github.com/mongomapper/mongomapper.git", :tag => "v0.13.0.beta2"
According to
- http://mongomapper.com/documentation/getting-started/rails.html
- How can I get mongo mapper to generate the config/mongo.yml file in Rails 4
I should then be able to run bundle exec rails generate mongo_mapper:config. It was here I started running into issues.
I first realized I need railsties gem since it wasn't even letting me run rails generate.
$ bundle exec rails generate mongo_mapper:config
/Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/bundler-1.6.1/lib/bundler/rubygems_integration.rb:248:in `block in replace_gem': railties is not part of the bundle. Add it to Gemfile. (Gem::LoadError)
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/bin/rails:22:in `<main>'
After adding that gem it allowed me to run bundle exec rails generate mongo_mapper:config but doesn't actually have access to that mongo generator. The output from the command is the standard rails help info including usage, options etc.
Usage:
rails new APP_PATH [options]
Options:
-r, [--ruby=PATH] # Path to the Ruby binary of your choice
# Default: /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/bin/ruby
-m, [--template=TEMPLATE] # Path to some application template (can be a filesystem path or URL)
What I've tried so far
I've tried building out what the generator is supposed to build as is described in this guide
http://technicaldebt.com/getting-started-with-ruby/mongomapper-ith-rails-quickstart/
But then realized that even if I build that out there's obviously still some "glue" that I'm missing, which ties everything together. I built it out just in case and of course it still didn't work.
I've made sure to bundle and and reload the terminal appropriately.
Like I said, I'm pretty sure there's something necessary that gets skipped when I build the rails-api without active record.
Any thoughts on this? Would greatly appreciate the help.
For what it's worth this is the full output when I ran rails-api new my_app --skip-active-record.
$ rails-api new pitfworld_wide_atrocities_db --skip-active-record
create
create README.rdoc
create Rakefile
create config.ru
create .gitignore
create Gemfile
(erb):19:in `template': undefined method `name' for []:Array (NoMethodError)
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/2.1.0/erb.rb:850:in `eval'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/2.1.0/erb.rb:850:in `result'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions/file_manipulation.rb:116:in `block in template'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions/create_file.rb:53:in `call'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions/create_file.rb:53:in `render'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions/create_file.rb:62:in `block (2 levels) in invoke!'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions/create_file.rb:62:in `open'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions/create_file.rb:62:in `block in invoke!'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions/empty_directory.rb:116:in `call'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions/empty_directory.rb:116:in `invoke_with_conflict_check'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions/create_file.rb:60:in `invoke!'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions.rb:94:in `action'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions/create_file.rb:25:in `create_file'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/actions/file_manipulation.rb:115:in `template'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/railties-4.1.1/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb:17:in `template'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/railties-4.1.1/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb:45:in `gemfile'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/railties-4.1.1/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb:133:in `build'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/railties-4.1.1/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb:176:in `create_root_files'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:133:in `block in invoke_all'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:133:in `each'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:133:in `map'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:133:in `invoke_all'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/group.rb:232:in `dispatch'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/base.rb:440:in `start'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/railties-4.1.1/lib/rails/commands/application.rb:17:in `<top (required)>'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:73:in `require'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:73:in `require'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/railties-4.1.1/lib/rails/cli.rb:14:in `<top (required)>'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:73:in `require'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:73:in `require'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rails-api-0.2.1/bin/rails-api:4:in `<top (required)>'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/bin/rails-api:23:in `load'
from /Users/colinhhart/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0/bin/rails-api:23:in `<main>'
Solution
I came across that rails-api issue right as I was writing this post and it turned out that that was the issue, after banging my head forever thinking it was a mongo issue.
The issue has been fixed and closed but hasn't yet been released and will probably be released in rails-api v0.2.2.
Ultimately, I decided to just go into the rails-api source code and apply the changes locally.