- http://github.com/cowboyd/therubyracer
- http://groups.google.com/group/therubyracer
- irc://irc.freenode.net/therubyracer
- Documentation
Embed the V8 Javascript interpreter into Ruby.
- Evaluate Javascript from with in Ruby
- Embed your Ruby objects into the Javascript world
- Manipulate JavaScript objects and call JavaScript functions from Ruby
- API compatible with the The Ruby Rhino (for JRuby: http://github.com/cowboyd/therubyrhino)
gem install therubyracer ;: stable
gem install therubyracer --pre ;: bleeding edge
then in your ruby code
require 'v8'
evaluate some simple javascript
cxt = V8::Context.new
cxt.eval('7 * 6') #=> 42
embed values into the scope of your context
cxt['foo'] = "bar"
cxt.eval('foo') # => "bar"
embed ruby code into your scope and call it from javascript
cxt["say"] = lambda {|word, times| word * times}
cxt.eval("say('Hello', 3)") #=> HelloHelloHello
embed a ruby object into your scope and access its properties/methods from javascript
class MyMath
def plus(lhs, rhs)
lhs + rhs
end
end
cxt['math'] = MyMath.new
cxt.eval("math.plus(20,22)") #=> 42
make a ruby object be your global javascript scope.
math = MyMath.new
V8::Context.new(:with => math) do |cxt|
cxt.eval("plus(20,22)") #=> 42
end
you can do the same thing with Object#eval_js
math.eval_js("plus(20,22)")
In addition to just evaluating strings, you can also use streams such as files.
evaluate bytes read from any File/IO object:
File.open("mysource.js") do |file|
cxt.eval(file, "mysource.js")
end
or load it by filename
cxt.load("mysource.js")
The Ruby Racer is designed to let you evaluate javascript as safely as possible unless you tell it to do something more dangerous. The default context is a hermetically sealed javascript environment with only the standard javascript objects and functions. Nothing from the ruby world is accessible at all.
For ruby objects that you explicitly embed into javascript, by default only the public methods below Object are
exposed by default. E.g.
class A
def a
"a"
end
def to_s
super
end
end
class B < A
def b
"b"
end
end
V8::Context.new do |cxt|
cxt['a'] = A.new
cxt['b'] = B.new
cxt.eval("a.a") # => 'a'
cxt.eval("b.b") # => 'b'
cxt.eval("b.a") # => 'a'
cxt.eval("b.to_s") # => #<B:0x101776be8> (because A explicitly defined it)
cxt.eval("b.object_id") #=> undefined, object_id is on Object
end
If needed, you can override the Ruby Access to allow whatever behavior you'd like
More documentation can be found on the github wiki
- python >= 2.5 (required to compile v8)
- C++ compiler
To use the ruby racer in rails, or any application using Bundler to manage gems, add the following to your Gemfile
gem "therubyracer", :require => 'v8'
gem "therubyracer", "~> 0.8.2.pre" #bleeding edge.
git clone git://github.com/cowboyd/therubyracer.git
cd therubyracer
git submodule update --init
bundle install
rake compile
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2009,2010,2011 Charles Lowell
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