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Sometimes seed files can get messy and big. It can be real pain it the ass to manage them. Here is fast way to split single seeds.rb file:

Create directory called seeds in your db/ directory (mkdir ./db/seeds)
Remove all stuff from seeds.rb and move it into your newly created files under db/seeds/ directory (put them accordingly to your own app logic)
Paste code presented below into seeds.rb file
Run rake db:seed

Seeds.rb file source code:

# coding: utf-8

%w{
  filename1 filename2 filename3...filenameN
}.each do |part|
  require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))+"/seeds/#{part}.rb"
end

Why haven't I use auto-include and instead I've listed all the files? Well I wanted to maintain my seed parts load order so those parts will be loaded accordingly to my order (not based on file names).

Most of the time, when we connect to webservices via SOAP (via SOAP! via SOAP! ;)), we have a WSDL file either local or downloaded from a server. But sometimes we need to connect to SOAP server which does not have this file and it is secured with http basic authentication.

To communicate with SOAP I use Savon Rb. It is easy and relatively fast. However in documentation there is nothing about communication with http basic authentication protected resources.

Although setting things up is really easy. First authentication:

@soap_client = Savon::Client.new do
  # Set basic authorization
  http.auth.basic "user_name", "password"
end

and non-wsdl connection:

@soap_client = Savon::Client.new do
  wsdl.endpoint = "http://service.example.com"
  wsdl.namespace = "http://v1.example.com"
end

and that's all. Now we can execute remote method like this:

@soap_client.request :get_items

or with params:

@last_response = @soap_client.request :get_items do
  soap.body = {
    :param_1 => "value_1",
    :param_2 => "value_2",
  }
end

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Handling large seed files in Ruby on Rails

Using Savon Rb to communicate with SOAP client (http basic authentication and no WSDL file)