media_types-serialization 2.0.4 → 2.1.0

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-# MediaTypes::Serialization
-
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-
-`respond_to` on steroids. Add [HATEOAS](https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/wiki/HATEOAS_API) compatible serialization and deserialization to your Rails projects.
-
-## Installation
-
-Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
-
-```ruby
-gem 'media_types-serialization'
-```
-
-And then execute:
-
-```shell
-bundle
-```
-
-Or install it yourself as:
-
-```shell
-gem install media_types-serialization
-```
-
-## Usage
-
-Serializers help you in converting a ruby object to a representation matching a specified [Media Type validator](https://github.com/SleeplessByte/media-types-ruby) and the other way around.
-
-### Creating a serializer
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  unvalidated 'application/vnd.acme.book'
-
-  # outputs with a Content-Type of application/vnd.acme.book.v1+json
-  output version: 1 do |obj, version, context|
-    {
-      book: {
-        title: obj.title
-      }
-    }
-  end
-end
-```
-
-To convert a ruby object to a json representation:
-
-```ruby
-class Book
-  attr_accessor :title
-end
-
-book = Book.new
-book.title = 'Everything, abridged'
-
-BookSerializer.serialize(book, 'vnd.acme.book.v1+json', context: nil)
-# => { "book": { "title": "Everything, abridged" } }
-```
-
-### Controller integration
-
-You can integrate the serialization system in rails, giving you automatic [Content-Type negotiation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_negotiation) using the `Accept` header:
-
-```ruby
-require 'media_types/serialization'
-
-class BookController < ActionController::API
-  include MediaTypes::Serialization
-
-  allow_output_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[show])
-  freeze_io!
-
-  def show
-    book = Book.new
-    book.title = 'Everything, abridged'
-
-    render_media book
-  end
-end
-```
-
-While using the controller integration the context will always be set to the current controller.
-This allows you to construct urls.
-
-### Adding HATEOAS responses to existing routes
-
-When creating a mobile application it's often useful to allow the app to request a non-html representation of a specific url.
-If you have an existing route:
-
-```ruby
-class BookController < ApplicationController
-  def show
-    @book = Book.new
-
-    # Use view corresponding to the controller
-  end
-end
-```
-
-You can add a json representation as follows:
-
-```ruby
-class BookController < ApplicationController
-  allow_output_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[show])
-  allow_output_html
-  freeze_io!
-
-  def show
-    @book = Book.new
-
-    render_media @book
-  end
-end
-```
-
-### Validations
-
-Right now the serializer does not validate incoming or outgoing information.
-This can cause issues when you accidentally emit non-conforming data that people start to depend on.
-To make sure you don't do that you can specify a [Media Type validator](https://github.com/SleeplessByte/media-types-ruby):
-
-```ruby
-require 'media_types'
-
-class BookValidator
-  include MediaTypes::Dsl
-
-  def self.organisation
-    'acme'
-  end
-
-  use_name 'book'
-
-  validations do
-    version 1 do
-      attribute :book do
-        attribute :title, String
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  # outputs with a Content-Type of application/vnd.acme.book.v1+json
-  output version: 1 do |obj, version, context|
-    {
-      book: {
-        title: obj.title
-      }
-    }
-  end
-end
-```
-
-For more information, see the [Media Types docs](https://github.com/SleeplessByte/media-types-ruby).
-
-### Versioning
-
-To help with supporting older versions, serializers have a [DSL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language) to construct json objects:
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  output versions: [1, 2] do |obj, version, context|
-    attribute :book do
-      attribute :title, obj.title
-      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
-    end
-  end
-end
-```
-
-```ruby
-BookSerializer.serialize(book, BookValidator.version(1), context: nil)
-# => { "book": { "title": "Everything, abridged" } }
-
-BookSerializer.serialize(book, BookValidator.version(2), context: nil)
-# => { "book": { "title": "Everything, abridged", "description": "Mu" } }
-```
-
-### Links
-
-When making [HATEOAS](https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/wiki/HATEOAS_API) compliant applications it's very useful to include `Link` headers in your response so clients can use a `HEAD` request instead of having to fetch the entire resource.
-Serializers have convenience methods to help with this:
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
-    attribute :book do
-      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
-
-      attribute :title, obj.title
-      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
-    end
-  end
-end
-```
-
-This returns the following response:
-
-```ruby
-BookSerializer.serialize(book, BookValidator.version(3), context: controller)
-# header = Link: <https://example.org/>; rel="self"
-# => {
-#      "book": {
-#        "_links": {
-#          "self": { "href": "https://example.org" }
-#        },
-#        "title": "Everything, abridged",
-#        "description": "Mu"
-#      }
-#    }
-```
-
-### Collections
-
-There are convenience methods for serializing arrays of objects based on a template.
-
-#### Indexes (index based collections)
-
-An index is a collection of urls that point to members of the array.
-The index method automatically generates it based on the `self` links defined in the default view (`view: nil`) of the given version.
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
-    attribute :book do
-      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
-
-      attribute :title, obj.title
-      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
-    end
-  end
-
-  output view: :index, version: 3 do |arr, version, context|
-    attribute :books do
-      link :self, href: context.book_index_url
-
-      index arr, version: version
-    end
-  end
-end
-```
-
-```ruby
-BookSerializer.serialize([book], BookValidator.view(:index).version(3), context: controller)
-# header = Link: <https://example.org/index>; rel="self"
-# => {
-#      "books": {
-#        "_links": {
-#          "self": { "href": "https://example.org" }
-#        },
-#        "_index": [
-#          { "href": "https://example.org" }
-#        ]
-#      }
-#    }
-```
-
-##### How to validate?
-
-The `index` dsl does _not_ exist in the validation gem.
-This is how you validate indices:
-
-```ruby
-class BookValidator
-  include MediaTypes::Dsl
-
-  def self.organisation
-    'acme'
-  end
-
-  use_name 'book'
-
-  validations do
-    view :index do
-      version 3 do
-        attribute :books do
-          link :self
-
-          collection :_index, allow_empty: true do
-            attribute :href, String
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-```
-
-If the `:self` link contains _more attributes_, they will show up here too.
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
-    attribute :book do
-      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj), isbn: obj.isbn if version >= 3
-
-      attribute :title, obj.title
-      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
-    end
-  end
-
-  output view: :index, version: 3 do |arr, version, context|
-    attribute :books do
-      link :self, href: context.book_index_url
-
-      index arr, version: version
-    end
-  end
-end
-```
-
-```ruby
-class BookValidator
-  include MediaTypes::Dsl
-
-  def self.organisation
-    'acme'
-  end
-
-  use_name 'book'
-
-  validations do
-    view :index do
-      version 3 do
-        attribute :books do
-          link :self
-
-          collection :_index, allow_empty: true do
-            attribute :href, String
-            attribute :isbn, AllowNil(String)
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-```
-
-#### Collections (embedding collections)
-
-A collection inlines the member objects.
-The collection method automatically generates it based on the default view of the same version.
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
-    attribute :book do
-      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
-
-      attribute :title, obj.title
-      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
-    end
-  end
-
-  output view: :index, version: 3 do |arr, version, context|
-    attribute :books do
-      link :self, href: context.book_index_url
-
-      index arr, version: version
-    end
-  end
-
-  output view: :collection, version: 3 do |arr, version, context|
-    attribute :books do
-      link :self, href: context.book_collection_url
-
-      collection arr, version: version
-    end
-  end
-end
-```
-
-```ruby
-BookSerializer.serialize([book], BookValidator.view(:collection).version(3), context: controller)
-# header = Link: <https://example.org/collection>; rel="self"
-# => {
-#      "books": {
-#        "_links": {
-#          "self": { "href": "https://example.org" }
-#        },
-#        "_embedded": [
-#          {
-#            "_links": {
-#              "self": { "href": "https://example.org" }
-#            },
-#            "title": "Everything, abridged",
-#            "description": "Mu"
-#          }
-#        ]
-#      }
-#    }
-```
-
-The `collection` dsl is _not_ the same as the one in the validation gem.
-This is how you could validate collections:
-
-```ruby
-class BookValidator
-  include MediaTypes::Dsl
-
-  def self.organisation
-    'acme'
-  end
-
-  use_name 'book'
-
-  validations do
-    view :collection do
-      version 3 do
-        attribute :books do
-          link :self
-
-          collection :_embedded, allow_empty: true do
-            link :self
-
-            attribute :title, String
-            attribute :description, AllowNil(String)
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-```
-
-### Input deserialization
-
-You can mark a media type as something that's allowed to be sent along with a PUT request as follows:
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
-    attribute :book do
-      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
-
-      attribute :title, obj.title
-      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
-    end
-  end
-
-  input version: 3
-end
-
-class BookController < ActionController::API
-  include MediaTypes::Serialization
-
-  allow_output_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[show])
-  allow_input_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[create])
-  freeze_io!
-
-  def show
-    book = Book.new
-    book.title = 'Everything, abridged'
-
-    render_media book
-  end
-
-  def create
-    json = deserialize(request) # does validation for us
-    puts json
-  end
-end
-```
-
-If you use [ActiveRecord](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_basics.html) you might want to convert the verified json data during deserialization:
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
-    attribute :book do
-      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
-
-      attribute :title, obj.title
-      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
-    end
-
-  input versions: [1, 2, 3] do |json, version, context|
-    book = Book.new
-    book.title = json['book']['title']
-    book.description = 'Not available'
-    book.description = json['book']['description'] if version >= 2
-
-    # Best practise is to only save in the controller.
-    book
-  end
-end
-
-class BookController < ActionController::API
-  include MediaTypes::Serialization
-
-  allow_output_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[show])
-  allow_input_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[create])
-  freeze_io!
-
-  def show
-    book = Book.new
-    book.title = 'Everything, abridged'
-
-    render_media book
-  end
-
-  def create
-    book = deserialize(request)
-    book.save!
-
-    render_media book
-  end
-end
-```
-
-If you don't want to apply any input validation or deserialization you can use the `allow_all_input` method instead of `allow_input_serialization`.
-
-### Raw output
-
-Sometimes you need to output raw data.
-This cannot be validated.
-You do this as follows:
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  output_raw view: :raw, version: 3 do |obj, version, context|
-    hidden do
-      # Make sure links are only set in the headers, not in the body.
-
-      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj)
-    end
-
-    "I'm a non-json output"
-  end
-end
-```
-
-### Raw input
-
-You can do the same with input:
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  input_raw view: raw, version: 3 do |bytes, version, context|
-    book = Book.new
-    book.description = bytes
-
-    book
-  end
-end
-```
-
-### Remapping media type identifiers
-
-Sometimes you already have old clients using an `application/json` media type identifier when they do requests.
-While this is not a good practice as this makes it hard to add new fields or remove old ones, this library has support for migrating away:
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v3+json
-  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v2+json
-  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v1+json
-  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
-    attribute :book do
-      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
-
-      attribute :title, obj.title
-      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
-    end
-  end
-
-  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book+json
-  output version: nil do |obj, version, context|
-    attribute :book do
-      attribute :title, obj.title
-    end
-  end
-  output_alias 'application/json' # maps application/json to to applicaton/vnd.acme.book+json
-
-  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v3.create+json
-  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v2.create+json
-  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v1.create+json
-  input view: :create, versions: [1, 2, 3] do |json, version, context|
-    book = Book.new
-    book.title = json['book']['title']
-    book.description = 'Not available'
-    book.description = json['book']['description'] if version >= 2
-
-    # Make sure not to save here but only save in the controller
-    book
-  end
-
-  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.create+json
-  input view: :create, version: nil do |json, version, context|
-    book = Book.new
-    book.title = json['book']['title']
-    book.description = 'Not available'
-
-    # Make sure not to save here but only save in the controller
-    book
-  end
-  input_alias 'application/json', view: :create # maps application/json to to applicaton/vnd.acme.book.create+json
-```
-
-Validation will be done using the remapped validator. Aliasses map to version `nil`.
-It is not possible to configure this version.
-
-### HTML
-
-This library has a built in API viewer.
-The viewer can be accessed by by appending a `?api_viewer=last` query parameter to the URL.
-
-To enable the API viewer, use: `allow_api_viewer` in the controller.
-
-```ruby
-class BookController < ActionController::API
-  include MediaTypes::Serialization
-
-  allow_api_viewer
-
-  allow_output_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[show])
-  allow_input_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[create])
-  freeze_io!
-
-  def show
-    book = Book.new
-    book.title = 'Everything, abridged'
-
-    render_media book
-  end
-
-  def create
-    json = deserialize(request) # does validation for us
-    puts json
-  end
-end
-```
-
-You can also output custom HTML:
-
-```ruby
-class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
-  validator BookValidator
-
-  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
-    attribute :book do
-      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
-
-      attribute :title, obj.title
-      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
-    end
-  end
-
-  output_raw view: :html do |obj, context|
-    render_view 'book/show', context: context, assigns: {
-      title: obj.title,
-      description: obj.description
-    }
-  end
-
-  output_alias 'text/html', view: :html
-end
-```
-
-#### Errors
-
-This library adds support for returning errors to clients using the [`application/problem+json`](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231) media type.
-You can catch and transform application errors by adding an `output_error` call before `freeze_io!`:
-
-```ruby
-class BookController < ActionController::API
-  include MediaTypes::Serialization
-
-  output_error CanCan::AccessDenied do |problem_output, error|
-    problem_output.title 'You do not have enough permissions to perform this action.', lang: 'en'
-    problem_output.title 'Je hebt geen toestemming om deze actie uit te voeren.', lang: 'nl-NL'
-
-    problem_output.status_code :forbidden
-  end
-
-  freeze_io!
-
-  # ...
-end
-```
-
-The exception you specified will be rescued by the controller and will be displayed to the user along with a link to the shared wiki page for that error type.
-Feel free to add instructions there on how clients should solve this problem.
-You can find more information at: [https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/wiki/Error](https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/wiki/Error)
-If you want to override this url you can use the `problem_output.url(href)` function.
-
-By default the `message` property of the error is used to fill the `details` field.
-You can override this by using the `problem_output.override_detail(description, lang:)` function.
-
-Custom attributes can be added using the `problem_output.attribute(name, value)` function.
-
-### Related
-
-- [`MediaTypes`](https://github.com/SleeplessByte/media-types-ruby): :gem: Library to create media type validators.
-
-## API
-
-### Serializer class definition
-
-These methods become available during class definition if you inherit from `MediaTypes::Serialization::Base`.
-
-#### `unvalidated( prefix )`
-
-Disabled validation for this serializer. Prefix is of the form `application/vnd.<organisation>.<name>`.
-
-Either unvalidated or validator must be used while defining a serializer.
-
-#### `validator( media_type_validator )`
-
-Enabled validation for this serializer using a [Media Type Validator](https://github.com/SleeplessByte/media-types-ruby).
-
-Either validator or unvalidated must be used while defining a serializer.
-
-#### `output( view:, version:, versions: ) do |obj, version, context|`
-
-Defines a serialization block. Either version or versions can be set.
-`nil` is allowed for unversioned.
-View should be a symbol or unset.
-
-Obj is the object to be serialized, version is the negotiated version and context is the context passed in from the serialize function.
-When using the controller integration, context is the current controller.
-
-The block should return an object to convert into JSON.
-
-#### `output_raw( view:, version:, versions:, suffix: ) do |obj, version, context|`
-
-This has the same behavior as `output` but should return a string instead of an object.
-Output is not validated.
-By default, `input_raw` is expected to _not_ be JSON.
-Override `suffix` with `:json` if it _is_ JSON.
-
-#### `output_alias( media_type_identifier, view:, hide_variant: false, suffix: '~' )`
-
-Defines a legacy mapping. This will make the deserializer parse the media type `media_type_identifier` as if it was version `nil` of the specified view.
-If `view` is undefined it will use the output serializer without a view defined.
-By default, suffix is `:json` if `media_type_identifier` is a JSON type.
-
-Response will have a content type equal to `[media_type_identifier]; variant=[mapped_media_type_identifier]`.
-If `hide_variant:` is true, the content type emitted will only be `[media_type_identifier]`.
-
-> You cannot alias a _versioned_ media type, otherwise it would be easy to later break the definition by changing the version it aliases.
-
-#### `output_alias_optional( media_type_identifier, view:, hide_variant: false, suffix: '~' )`
-
-Has the same behavior as `output_alias` but can be used by multiple serializers.
-The serializer that is loaded last in the controller 'wins' control over this media type identifier.
-If any of the serializers have an `output_alias` defined with the same media type identifier that one will win instead.
-By default, suffix is `:json` if `media_type_identifier` is a JSON type.
-
-Response will have a content type equal to `[media_type_identifier]; variant=[mapped_media_type_identifier]`. If `hide_variant:` is true, the content type emitted will only be `[media_type_identifier]`.
-
-#### `input( view:, version:, versions: ) do |obj, version, context|`
-
-Defines a deserialization block. Either version or versions can be set.
-View should be a symbol or unset.
-
-Obj is the object to be serialized, version is the negotiated version and context is the context passed in from the serialize function.
-When using the controller integration, context is the current controller.
-
-The block should return the internal representation of the object.
-Best practise is to make sure not to change state in this function but to leave that up to the controller.
-
-#### `input_raw( view:, version:, versions:, suffix: nil ) do |bytes, version, context|`
-
-This has the same behavior as `input` but takes in raw data.
-Input is not validated.
-By default, `input_raw` is expected to _not_ be JSON.
-Override `suffix` with `:json` if it _is_ JSON.
-
-#### `input_alias( media_type_identifier, view:, suffix: '~' )`
-
-Defines a legacy mapping.
-This will make the serializer parse the media type `media_type_identifier` as if it was version `nil` of the specified view.
-If view is undefined it will use the input serializer without a view defined.
-By default, suffix is `:json` if `media_type_identifier` is a JSON type.
-
-> You cannot alias a _versioned_ media type, otherwise it would be easy to later break the definition by changing the version it aliases.
-
-#### `input_alias_optional( media_type_identifier, view:, suffix: '~' )`
-
-Has the same behavior as `input_alias` but can be used by multiple serializers.
-The serializer that is loaded last in the controller 'wins' control over this media type identifier.
-If any of the serializers have an `input_alias` defined with the same media type identifier that one will win instead.
-By default, suffix is `:json` if `media_type_identifier` is a JSON type.
-
-#### `disable_wildcards`
-
-Disables registering wildcard media types.
-
-### Serializer output definition
-
-The following methods are available within an `output ... do` block.
-
-#### `attribute( key, value = {} ) do`
-
-Sets a value for the given key.
-If a block is given, any `attribute`, `link`, `collection` and `index` statements are run in context of `value`.
-
-Returns the built up context so far.
-
-#### `link( rel, href:, emit_header: true, **attributes )`
-
-Adds a `_link` block to the current context. Also adds the specified link to the HTTP Link header.
-`attributes` allows passing in custom attributes.
-
-If `emit_header` is `true` the link will also be emitted as a http header.
-
-Returns the built up context so far.
-
-#### `index( array, serializer, version:, view: nil )`
-
-> Not the same as a validator `collection`.
-
-Adds an `_index` block to the current context. Uses the self links of the specified view to construct an index of urls to the child objects.
-
-Returns the built up context so far.
-
-#### `collection( array, serializer, version:, view: nil )`
-
-> Not the same as a validator `collection`.
-
-Adds an `_embedded` block to the current context. Uses the specified serializer to embed the child objects.
-Optionally a block can be used to modify the output from the child serializer.
-
-Returns the built up context so far.
-
-#### `hidden do`
-
-Sometimes you want to add links without actually modifying the object.
-Calls to `attribute`, `link`, `index`, `collection` made inside this block won't modify the context.
-Any calls to link will only set the HTTP Link header.
-
-Returns the unmodified context.
-
-#### `emit`
-
-Can be added to the end of a block to fix up the return value to return the built up context so far.
-
-Returns the built up context so far.
-
-#### `object do`
-
-Runs a block in a new context and returns the result
-
-> Most common use-case is emitting from an enumerable.
->
-> ```ruby
-> results = [item, item, item].map do |current_item|
->   object do
->     attribute :foo, current_item.bar
->   end
-> end
->
-> attribute :items, results
-> ```
-
-#### `render_view( view, context:, **args)`
-
-Can be used to render a view.
-You can set local variables in the view by assigning a hash to the `assigns:` parameter.
-Returns a `string`
-
-> When possible, prefer `output_raw` with context.render_to_string(params)`
-
-#### `redirect_to(url, context, **options)`
-
-This redirects the user to the specified url when this serializer is rendered. The output of the serializer is still shown in the API viewer.
-
-#### `suppress_render do |result|`
-
-Replaces the render at the end of `render_media` and substitutes it with the contents of the block.
-
-### Controller definition
-
-These functions are available during the controller definition if you add `include MediaTypes::Serialization`.
-
-#### `allow_output_serializer( serializer, views: nil, **filters )`
-
-Configure the controller to allow the client to request responses emitted by the specified serializer.
-Optionally allows you to specify which views to allow by passing an array in the views parameter.
-
-Accepts the same filters as `before_action`.
-
-#### `allow_output_html( as: nil, view: nil, layout: nil, **filters )`
-
-Allows falling back to the default Rails view rendering when the client asks for the media type in the `as:` parameter or `text/html` if `as:` is unset.
-
-The `Content-Type` of the response will be `text/html` if the `as:` parameter is unset.
-If the `as:` parameter is set, it will include it in the variant parameter: `text/html; variant=application/vnd.xpbytes.borderless`.
-
-Accepts the same filters as `before_action`.
-You can set the template to use using the `view:` parameter.
-
-#### `allow_output_docs( description, **filters )`
-
-Outputs the specified description as help information.
-
-Accepts the same filters as `before_action`.
-
-#### `output_error(klazz, serializers = []) do`
-
-Wraps the controller method in a `rescue_from` and presents the users with a `text/html` or `application/problem+json` representation of the error.
-The `text/html` response can be overridden by supplying an additional serializer in the `serializers` array. It will use the nil view for the given serializers.
-
-#### `allow_input_serializer( serializer, views: nil, **filters )`
-
-Configure the controller to allow the client to send bodies with a `Content-Type` that can be deserialized using the specified serializer.
-Optionally allows you to specify which views to allow by passing an array in the views parameter.
-
-Accepts the same filters as `before_action`.
-
-#### `allow_all_input( **filters )`
-
-Disables input deserialization. Running `deserialize` while allowing all input will result in an error being thrown.
-
-#### `not_acceptable_serializer( serializer )`
-
-Replaces the serializer used to render the error page when no media type could be negotiated using the `Accept` header.
-
-#### `unsupported_media_type_serializer( serializer )`
-
-Adds a serializer that can be used to render the error page when the client submits a body with a `Content-Type` that was not added to the whitelist using `allow_input_serialization`.
-
-#### `clear_unsupported_media_type_serializers!`
-
-Clears the list of serializers used to render the error when the client supplies non-valid input.
-
-#### `input_validation_failed_serializer( serializer )`
-
-Adds a serializer that can be used to render the error page when input validation fails.
-
-#### `clear_input_validation_failed_serializers!`
-
-Clears the list of serializers used to render the error when the client supplies non-valid input.
-
-#### `allow_api_viewer(serializer: MediaTypes::Serialization::Serializers::ApiViewer, **filter_opts)`
-
-Enables rendering the api viewer when adding the `api_viewer=last` query parameter to the url.
-
-#### `freeze_io!(**filter_opts)`
-
-Registers serialization and deserialization in the controller.
-This function must be called before using the controller.
-
-### Controller usage
-
-These functions are available during method execution in the controller.
-
-#### `render_media( obj, serializers: nil, not_acceptable_serializer: nil, **options ) do`
-
-Serializes an object and renders it using the appropriate content type.
-Options are passed through to the controller `render` function. Allows you to specify different objects to different serializers using a block:
-
-```ruby
-render_media do
-  serializer BookSerializer, book
-  serializer BooksSerializer do
-    [ book ]
-  end
-end
-```
-
-**Warning**: this block can be called multiple times when used together with recursive serializers like the API viewer.
-Try to _avoid changing state_ in this block.
-
-If you want to render with different serializers than defined in the controller you can pass an array of serializers in the `serializers` property.
-
-If you want to override the serializer that is used to render the response when no acceptable Content-Type could be negotiated you can pass the desired serializer in the `not_acceptable_serializer` property.
-
-This method throws a `MediaTypes::Serialization::OutputValidationFailedError` error if the output does not conform to the format defined by the configured validator.
-Best practise is to return a 500 error to the client.
-
-If no acceptable Content-Type could be negotiated the response will be rendered using the serialized defined by the class `not_acceptable_serializer` function or by the `not_acceptable_serializer` property.
-
-Due to the way this gem is implemented it is not possible to use instance variables (`@variable`) in the `render_media` do block.
-
-#### `deserialize( request )`
-
-Deserializes the request body using the configured input serializers and returns the deserialized object.
-
-Returns nil if no input body was given by the client.
-
-This method throws a `MediaTypes::Serialization::InputValidationFailedError` error if the incoming data does not conform to the specified schema.
-
-#### `deserialize!( request )`
-
-Does the same as `deserialize( request )` but gives the client an error page if no input was supplied.
-
-#### `resolve_serializer(request, identifier = nil, registration = @serialization_output_registration)`
-
-Returns the serializer class that will handle the given request.
-
-## Customization
-
-The easiest way to customize the look and feel of the built in pages is to provide your own logo and background in an initializer:
-
-```ruby
-# config/initializers/serialization.rb
-
-MediaTypes::Serialization::Serializers::CommonCSS.background = 'linear-gradient(245deg, #3a2f28 0%, #201a16 100%)'
-MediaTypes::Serialization::Serializers::CommonCSS.logo_width = 12
-MediaTypes::Serialization::Serializers::CommonCSS.logo_data = <<-HERE
-<svg height="150" width="500">
-  <ellipse cx="240" cy="100" rx="220" ry="30" style="fill:purple" />
-  <ellipse cx="220" cy="70" rx="190" ry="20" style="fill:lime" />
-  <ellipse cx="210" cy="45" rx="170" ry="15" style="fill:yellow" />
-</svg>
-HERE
-```
-
-## Development
-
-After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies.
-Then, run `rake test` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
-
-To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`.
-To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).
-
-## Contributing
-
-Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at [XPBytes/media_types-serialization](https://github.com/XPBytes/media_types-serialization).
+# MediaTypes::Serialization
+
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/XPBytes/media_types-serialization/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/XPBytes/media_types-serialization/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
+[![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/media_types-serialization.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/media_types-serialization)
+[![MIT license](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-brightgreen.svg)](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+`respond_to` on steroids. Add [HATEOAS](https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/wiki/HATEOAS_API) compatible serialization and deserialization to your Rails projects.
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+```ruby
+gem 'media_types-serialization'
+```
+
+And then execute:
+
+```shell
+bundle
+```
+
+Or install it yourself as:
+
+```shell
+gem install media_types-serialization
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Serializers help you in converting a ruby object to a representation matching a specified [Media Type validator](https://github.com/SleeplessByte/media-types-ruby) and the other way around.
+
+### Creating a serializer
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  unvalidated 'application/vnd.acme.book'
+
+  # outputs with a Content-Type of application/vnd.acme.book.v1+json
+  output version: 1 do |obj, version, context|
+    {
+      book: {
+        title: obj.title
+      }
+    }
+  end
+end
+```
+
+To convert a ruby object to a json representation:
+
+```ruby
+class Book
+  attr_accessor :title
+end
+
+book = Book.new
+book.title = 'Everything, abridged'
+
+BookSerializer.serialize(book, 'vnd.acme.book.v1+json', context: nil)
+# => { "book": { "title": "Everything, abridged" } }
+```
+
+### Controller integration
+
+You can integrate the serialization system in rails, giving you automatic [Content-Type negotiation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_negotiation) using the `Accept` header:
+
+```ruby
+require 'media_types/serialization'
+
+class BookController < ActionController::API
+  include MediaTypes::Serialization
+
+  allow_output_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[show])
+  freeze_io!
+
+  def show
+    book = Book.new
+    book.title = 'Everything, abridged'
+
+    render_media book
+  end
+end
+```
+
+While using the controller integration the context will always be set to the current controller.
+This allows you to construct urls.
+
+### Adding HATEOAS responses to existing routes
+
+When creating a mobile application it's often useful to allow the app to request a non-html representation of a specific url.
+If you have an existing route:
+
+```ruby
+class BookController < ApplicationController
+  def show
+    @book = Book.new
+
+    # Use view corresponding to the controller
+  end
+end
+```
+
+You can add a json representation as follows:
+
+```ruby
+class BookController < ApplicationController
+  allow_output_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[show])
+  allow_output_html
+  freeze_io!
+
+  def show
+    @book = Book.new
+
+    render_media @book
+  end
+end
+```
+
+### Validations
+
+Right now the serializer does not validate incoming or outgoing information.
+This can cause issues when you accidentally emit non-conforming data that people start to depend on.
+To make sure you don't do that you can specify a [Media Type validator](https://github.com/SleeplessByte/media-types-ruby):
+
+```ruby
+require 'media_types'
+
+class BookValidator
+  include MediaTypes::Dsl
+
+  def self.organisation
+    'acme'
+  end
+
+  use_name 'book'
+
+  validations do
+    version 1 do
+      attribute :book do
+        attribute :title, String
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  # outputs with a Content-Type of application/vnd.acme.book.v1+json
+  output version: 1 do |obj, version, context|
+    {
+      book: {
+        title: obj.title
+      }
+    }
+  end
+end
+```
+
+For more information, see the [Media Types docs](https://github.com/SleeplessByte/media-types-ruby).
+
+### Versioning
+
+To help with supporting older versions, serializers have a [DSL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language) to construct json objects:
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  output versions: [1, 2] do |obj, version, context|
+    attribute :book do
+      attribute :title, obj.title
+      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
+    end
+  end
+end
+```
+
+```ruby
+BookSerializer.serialize(book, BookValidator.version(1), context: nil)
+# => { "book": { "title": "Everything, abridged" } }
+
+BookSerializer.serialize(book, BookValidator.version(2), context: nil)
+# => { "book": { "title": "Everything, abridged", "description": "Mu" } }
+```
+
+### Links
+
+When making [HATEOAS](https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/wiki/HATEOAS_API) compliant applications it's very useful to include `Link` headers in your response so clients can use a `HEAD` request instead of having to fetch the entire resource.
+Serializers have convenience methods to help with this:
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
+    attribute :book do
+      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
+
+      attribute :title, obj.title
+      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
+    end
+  end
+end
+```
+
+This returns the following response:
+
+```ruby
+BookSerializer.serialize(book, BookValidator.version(3), context: controller)
+# header = Link: <https://example.org/>; rel="self"
+# => {
+#      "book": {
+#        "_links": {
+#          "self": { "href": "https://example.org" }
+#        },
+#        "title": "Everything, abridged",
+#        "description": "Mu"
+#      }
+#    }
+```
+
+### Collections
+
+There are convenience methods for serializing arrays of objects based on a template.
+
+#### Indexes (index based collections)
+
+An index is a collection of urls that point to members of the array.
+The index method automatically generates it based on the `self` links defined in the default view (`view: nil`) of the given version.
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
+    attribute :book do
+      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
+
+      attribute :title, obj.title
+      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
+    end
+  end
+
+  output view: :index, version: 3 do |arr, version, context|
+    attribute :books do
+      link :self, href: context.book_index_url
+
+      index arr, version: version
+    end
+  end
+end
+```
+
+```ruby
+BookSerializer.serialize([book], BookValidator.view(:index).version(3), context: controller)
+# header = Link: <https://example.org/index>; rel="self"
+# => {
+#      "books": {
+#        "_links": {
+#          "self": { "href": "https://example.org" }
+#        },
+#        "_index": [
+#          { "href": "https://example.org" }
+#        ]
+#      }
+#    }
+```
+
+##### How to validate?
+
+The `index` dsl does _not_ exist in the validation gem.
+This is how you validate indices:
+
+```ruby
+class BookValidator
+  include MediaTypes::Dsl
+
+  def self.organisation
+    'acme'
+  end
+
+  use_name 'book'
+
+  validations do
+    view :index do
+      version 3 do
+        attribute :books do
+          link :self
+
+          collection :_index, allow_empty: true do
+            attribute :href, String
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+```
+
+If the `:self` link contains _more attributes_, they will show up here too.
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
+    attribute :book do
+      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj), isbn: obj.isbn if version >= 3
+
+      attribute :title, obj.title
+      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
+    end
+  end
+
+  output view: :index, version: 3 do |arr, version, context|
+    attribute :books do
+      link :self, href: context.book_index_url
+
+      index arr, version: version
+    end
+  end
+end
+```
+
+```ruby
+class BookValidator
+  include MediaTypes::Dsl
+
+  def self.organisation
+    'acme'
+  end
+
+  use_name 'book'
+
+  validations do
+    view :index do
+      version 3 do
+        attribute :books do
+          link :self
+
+          collection :_index, allow_empty: true do
+            attribute :href, String
+            attribute :isbn, AllowNil(String)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+```
+
+#### Collections (embedding collections)
+
+A collection inlines the member objects.
+The collection method automatically generates it based on the default view of the same version.
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
+    attribute :book do
+      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
+
+      attribute :title, obj.title
+      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
+    end
+  end
+
+  output view: :index, version: 3 do |arr, version, context|
+    attribute :books do
+      link :self, href: context.book_index_url
+
+      index arr, version: version
+    end
+  end
+
+  output view: :collection, version: 3 do |arr, version, context|
+    attribute :books do
+      link :self, href: context.book_collection_url
+
+      collection arr, version: version
+    end
+  end
+end
+```
+
+```ruby
+BookSerializer.serialize([book], BookValidator.view(:collection).version(3), context: controller)
+# header = Link: <https://example.org/collection>; rel="self"
+# => {
+#      "books": {
+#        "_links": {
+#          "self": { "href": "https://example.org" }
+#        },
+#        "_embedded": [
+#          {
+#            "_links": {
+#              "self": { "href": "https://example.org" }
+#            },
+#            "title": "Everything, abridged",
+#            "description": "Mu"
+#          }
+#        ]
+#      }
+#    }
+```
+
+The `collection` dsl is _not_ the same as the one in the validation gem.
+This is how you could validate collections:
+
+```ruby
+class BookValidator
+  include MediaTypes::Dsl
+
+  def self.organisation
+    'acme'
+  end
+
+  use_name 'book'
+
+  validations do
+    view :collection do
+      version 3 do
+        attribute :books do
+          link :self
+
+          collection :_embedded, allow_empty: true do
+            link :self
+
+            attribute :title, String
+            attribute :description, AllowNil(String)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+```
+
+### Input deserialization
+
+You can mark a media type as something that's allowed to be sent along with a PUT request as follows:
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
+    attribute :book do
+      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
+
+      attribute :title, obj.title
+      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
+    end
+  end
+
+  input version: 3
+end
+
+class BookController < ActionController::API
+  include MediaTypes::Serialization
+
+  allow_output_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[show])
+  allow_input_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[create])
+  freeze_io!
+
+  def show
+    book = Book.new
+    book.title = 'Everything, abridged'
+
+    render_media book
+  end
+
+  def create
+    json = deserialize(request) # does validation for us
+    puts json
+  end
+end
+```
+
+If you use [ActiveRecord](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_basics.html) you might want to convert the verified json data during deserialization:
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
+    attribute :book do
+      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
+
+      attribute :title, obj.title
+      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
+    end
+
+  input versions: [1, 2, 3] do |json, version, context|
+    book = Book.new
+    book.title = json['book']['title']
+    book.description = 'Not available'
+    book.description = json['book']['description'] if version >= 2
+
+    # Best practise is to only save in the controller.
+    book
+  end
+end
+
+class BookController < ActionController::API
+  include MediaTypes::Serialization
+
+  allow_output_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[show])
+  allow_input_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[create])
+  freeze_io!
+
+  def show
+    book = Book.new
+    book.title = 'Everything, abridged'
+
+    render_media book
+  end
+
+  def create
+    book = deserialize(request)
+    book.save!
+
+    render_media book
+  end
+end
+```
+
+If you don't want to apply any input validation or deserialization you can use the `allow_all_input` method instead of `allow_input_serialization`.
+
+### Raw output
+
+Sometimes you need to output raw data.
+This cannot be validated.
+You do this as follows:
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  output_raw view: :raw, version: 3 do |obj, version, context|
+    hidden do
+      # Make sure links are only set in the headers, not in the body.
+
+      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj)
+    end
+
+    "I'm a non-json output"
+  end
+end
+```
+
+### Raw input
+
+You can do the same with input:
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  input_raw view: raw, version: 3 do |bytes, version, context|
+    book = Book.new
+    book.description = bytes
+
+    book
+  end
+end
+```
+
+### Remapping media type identifiers
+
+Sometimes you already have old clients using an `application/json` media type identifier when they do requests.
+While this is not a good practice as this makes it hard to add new fields or remove old ones, this library has support for migrating away:
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v3+json
+  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v2+json
+  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v1+json
+  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
+    attribute :book do
+      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
+
+      attribute :title, obj.title
+      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
+    end
+  end
+
+  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book+json
+  output version: nil do |obj, version, context|
+    attribute :book do
+      attribute :title, obj.title
+    end
+  end
+  output_alias 'application/json' # maps application/json to to applicaton/vnd.acme.book+json
+
+  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v3.create+json
+  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v2.create+json
+  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.v1.create+json
+  input view: :create, versions: [1, 2, 3] do |json, version, context|
+    book = Book.new
+    book.title = json['book']['title']
+    book.description = 'Not available'
+    book.description = json['book']['description'] if version >= 2
+
+    # Make sure not to save here but only save in the controller
+    book
+  end
+
+  # applicaton/vnd.acme.book.create+json
+  input view: :create, version: nil do |json, version, context|
+    book = Book.new
+    book.title = json['book']['title']
+    book.description = 'Not available'
+
+    # Make sure not to save here but only save in the controller
+    book
+  end
+  input_alias 'application/json', view: :create # maps application/json to to applicaton/vnd.acme.book.create+json
+```
+
+Validation will be done using the remapped validator. Aliasses map to version `nil`.
+It is not possible to configure this version.
+
+### HTML
+
+This library has a built in API viewer.
+The viewer can be accessed by by appending a `?api_viewer=last` query parameter to the URL.
+
+To enable the API viewer, use: `allow_api_viewer` in the controller.
+
+```ruby
+class BookController < ActionController::API
+  include MediaTypes::Serialization
+
+  allow_api_viewer
+
+  allow_output_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[show])
+  allow_input_serializer(BookSerializer, only: %i[create])
+  freeze_io!
+
+  def show
+    book = Book.new
+    book.title = 'Everything, abridged'
+
+    render_media book
+  end
+
+  def create
+    json = deserialize(request) # does validation for us
+    puts json
+  end
+end
+```
+
+You can also output custom HTML:
+
+```ruby
+class BookSerializer < MediaTypes::Serialization::Base
+  validator BookValidator
+
+  output versions: [1, 2, 3] do |obj, version, context|
+    attribute :book do
+      link :self, href: context.book_url(obj) if version >= 3
+
+      attribute :title, obj.title
+      attribute :description, obj.description if version >= 2
+    end
+  end
+
+  output_raw view: :html do |obj, context|
+    render_view 'book/show', context: context, assigns: {
+      title: obj.title,
+      description: obj.description
+    }
+  end
+
+  output_alias 'text/html', view: :html
+end
+```
+
+#### Errors
+
+This library adds support for returning errors to clients using the [`application/problem+json`](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231) media type.
+You can catch and transform application errors by adding an `output_error` call before `freeze_io!`:
+
+```ruby
+class BookController < ActionController::API
+  include MediaTypes::Serialization
+
+  output_error CanCan::AccessDenied do |problem_output, error|
+    problem_output.title 'You do not have enough permissions to perform this action.', lang: 'en'
+    problem_output.title 'Je hebt geen toestemming om deze actie uit te voeren.', lang: 'nl-NL'
+
+    problem_output.status_code :forbidden
+  end
+
+  freeze_io!
+
+  # ...
+end
+```
+
+The exception you specified will be rescued by the controller and will be displayed to the user along with a link to the shared wiki page for that error type.
+Feel free to add instructions there on how clients should solve this problem.
+You can find more information at: [https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/wiki/Error](https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/wiki/Error)
+If you want to override this url you can use the `problem_output.url(href)` function.
+
+By default the `message` property of the error is used to fill the `details` field.
+You can override this by using the `problem_output.override_detail(description, lang:)` function.
+
+Custom attributes can be added using the `problem_output.attribute(name, value)` function.
+
+### Related
+
+- [`MediaTypes`](https://github.com/SleeplessByte/media-types-ruby): :gem: Library to create media type validators.
+
+## API
+
+### Serializer class definition
+
+These methods become available during class definition if you inherit from `MediaTypes::Serialization::Base`.
+
+#### `unvalidated( prefix )`
+
+Disabled validation for this serializer. Prefix is of the form `application/vnd.<organisation>.<name>`.
+
+Either unvalidated or validator must be used while defining a serializer.
+
+#### `validator( media_type_validator )`
+
+Enabled validation for this serializer using a [Media Type Validator](https://github.com/SleeplessByte/media-types-ruby).
+
+Either validator or unvalidated must be used while defining a serializer.
+
+#### `output( view:, version:, versions: ) do |obj, version, context|`
+
+Defines a serialization block. Either version or versions can be set.
+`nil` is allowed for unversioned.
+View should be a symbol or unset.
+
+Obj is the object to be serialized, version is the negotiated version and context is the context passed in from the serialize function.
+When using the controller integration, context is the current controller.
+
+The block should return an object to convert into JSON.
+
+#### `output_raw( view:, version:, versions:, suffix: ) do |obj, version, context|`
+
+This has the same behavior as `output` but should return a string instead of an object.
+Output is not validated.
+By default, `input_raw` is expected to _not_ be JSON.
+Override `suffix` with `:json` if it _is_ JSON.
+
+#### `output_alias( media_type_identifier, view:, hide_variant: false, suffix: '~' )`
+
+Defines a legacy mapping. This will make the deserializer parse the media type `media_type_identifier` as if it was version `nil` of the specified view.
+If `view` is undefined it will use the output serializer without a view defined.
+By default, suffix is `:json` if `media_type_identifier` is a JSON type.
+
+Response will have a content type equal to `[media_type_identifier]; variant=[mapped_media_type_identifier]`.
+If `hide_variant:` is true, the content type emitted will only be `[media_type_identifier]`.
+
+> You cannot alias a _versioned_ media type, otherwise it would be easy to later break the definition by changing the version it aliases.
+
+#### `output_alias_optional( media_type_identifier, view:, hide_variant: false, suffix: '~' )`
+
+Has the same behavior as `output_alias` but can be used by multiple serializers.
+The serializer that is loaded last in the controller 'wins' control over this media type identifier.
+If any of the serializers have an `output_alias` defined with the same media type identifier that one will win instead.
+By default, suffix is `:json` if `media_type_identifier` is a JSON type.
+
+Response will have a content type equal to `[media_type_identifier]; variant=[mapped_media_type_identifier]`. If `hide_variant:` is true, the content type emitted will only be `[media_type_identifier]`.
+
+#### `input( view:, version:, versions: ) do |obj, version, context|`
+
+Defines a deserialization block. Either version or versions can be set.
+View should be a symbol or unset.
+
+Obj is the object to be serialized, version is the negotiated version and context is the context passed in from the serialize function.
+When using the controller integration, context is the current controller.
+
+The block should return the internal representation of the object.
+Best practise is to make sure not to change state in this function but to leave that up to the controller.
+
+#### `input_raw( view:, version:, versions:, suffix: nil ) do |bytes, version, context|`
+
+This has the same behavior as `input` but takes in raw data.
+Input is not validated.
+By default, `input_raw` is expected to _not_ be JSON.
+Override `suffix` with `:json` if it _is_ JSON.
+
+#### `input_alias( media_type_identifier, view:, suffix: '~' )`
+
+Defines a legacy mapping.
+This will make the serializer parse the media type `media_type_identifier` as if it was version `nil` of the specified view.
+If view is undefined it will use the input serializer without a view defined.
+By default, suffix is `:json` if `media_type_identifier` is a JSON type.
+
+> You cannot alias a _versioned_ media type, otherwise it would be easy to later break the definition by changing the version it aliases.
+
+#### `input_alias_optional( media_type_identifier, view:, suffix: '~' )`
+
+Has the same behavior as `input_alias` but can be used by multiple serializers.
+The serializer that is loaded last in the controller 'wins' control over this media type identifier.
+If any of the serializers have an `input_alias` defined with the same media type identifier that one will win instead.
+By default, suffix is `:json` if `media_type_identifier` is a JSON type.
+
+#### `disable_wildcards`
+
+Disables registering wildcard media types.
+
+### Serializer output definition
+
+The following methods are available within an `output ... do` block.
+
+#### `attribute( key, value = {} ) do`
+
+Sets a value for the given key.
+If a block is given, any `attribute`, `link`, `collection` and `index` statements are run in context of `value`.
+
+Returns the built up context so far.
+
+#### `link( rel, href:, emit_header: true, **attributes )`
+
+Adds a `_link` block to the current context. Also adds the specified link to the HTTP Link header.
+`attributes` allows passing in custom attributes.
+
+If `emit_header` is `true` the link will also be emitted as a http header.
+
+Returns the built up context so far.
+
+#### `index( array, serializer, version:, view: nil )`
+
+> Not the same as a validator `collection`.
+
+Adds an `_index` block to the current context. Uses the self links of the specified view to construct an index of urls to the child objects.
+
+Returns the built up context so far.
+
+#### `collection( array, serializer, version:, view: nil )`
+
+> Not the same as a validator `collection`.
+
+Adds an `_embedded` block to the current context. Uses the specified serializer to embed the child objects.
+Optionally a block can be used to modify the output from the child serializer.
+
+Returns the built up context so far.
+
+#### `hidden do`
+
+Sometimes you want to add links without actually modifying the object.
+Calls to `attribute`, `link`, `index`, `collection` made inside this block won't modify the context.
+Any calls to link will only set the HTTP Link header.
+
+Returns the unmodified context.
+
+#### `emit`
+
+Can be added to the end of a block to fix up the return value to return the built up context so far.
+
+Returns the built up context so far.
+
+#### `object do`
+
+Runs a block in a new context and returns the result
+
+> Most common use-case is emitting from an enumerable.
+>
+> ```ruby
+> results = [item, item, item].map do |current_item|
+>   object do
+>     attribute :foo, current_item.bar
+>   end
+> end
+>
+> attribute :items, results
+> ```
+
+#### `render_view( view, context:, **args)`
+
+Can be used to render a view.
+You can set local variables in the view by assigning a hash to the `assigns:` parameter.
+Returns a `string`
+
+> When possible, prefer `output_raw` with context.render_to_string(params)`
+
+#### `redirect_to(url, context, **options)`
+
+This redirects the user to the specified url when this serializer is rendered. The output of the serializer is still shown in the API viewer.
+
+#### `suppress_render do |result|`
+
+Replaces the render at the end of `render_media` and substitutes it with the contents of the block.
+
+#### `varies_on_header(header)`
+
+Indicates to clients that they can receive a different response if the indicated header has a different value. This is done using the [Vary header](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Vary). When your responses are internationalized you can use the following example:
+
+```ruby
+varies_on_header 'Accept-Language'
+```
+
+The Vary header is set at two moments during execution. The first moment the header is modified is during the `freeze_io!` handler. The second moment is when `render_media` is called. If you want to modify the Vary header that is returned when the content negotiation fails you need to make sure to run your callback before the `freeze_io!` callback has been run.
+
+### Controller definition
+
+These functions are available during the controller definition if you add `include MediaTypes::Serialization`.
+
+#### `allow_output_serializer( serializer, views: nil, **filters )`
+
+Configure the controller to allow the client to request responses emitted by the specified serializer.
+Optionally allows you to specify which views to allow by passing an array in the views parameter.
+
+Accepts the same filters as `before_action`.
+
+#### `allow_output_html( as: nil, view: nil, layout: nil, **filters )`
+
+Allows falling back to the default Rails view rendering when the client asks for the media type in the `as:` parameter or `text/html` if `as:` is unset.
+
+The `Content-Type` of the response will be `text/html` if the `as:` parameter is unset.
+If the `as:` parameter is set, it will include it in the variant parameter: `text/html; variant=application/vnd.xpbytes.borderless`.
+
+Accepts the same filters as `before_action`.
+You can set the template to use using the `view:` parameter.
+
+#### `allow_output_docs( description, **filters )`
+
+Outputs the specified description as help information.
+
+Accepts the same filters as `before_action`.
+
+#### `output_error(klazz, serializers = []) do`
+
+Wraps the controller method in a `rescue_from` and presents the users with a `text/html` or `application/problem+json` representation of the error.
+The `text/html` response can be overridden by supplying an additional serializer in the `serializers` array. It will use the nil view for the given serializers.
+
+#### `allow_input_serializer( serializer, views: nil, **filters )`
+
+Configure the controller to allow the client to send bodies with a `Content-Type` that can be deserialized using the specified serializer.
+Optionally allows you to specify which views to allow by passing an array in the views parameter.
+
+Accepts the same filters as `before_action`.
+
+#### `allow_all_input( **filters )`
+
+Disables input deserialization. Running `deserialize` while allowing all input will result in an error being thrown.
+
+#### `not_acceptable_serializer( serializer )`
+
+Replaces the serializer used to render the error page when no media type could be negotiated using the `Accept` header.
+
+#### `unsupported_media_type_serializer( serializer )`
+
+Adds a serializer that can be used to render the error page when the client submits a body with a `Content-Type` that was not added to the whitelist using `allow_input_serialization`.
+
+#### `clear_unsupported_media_type_serializers!`
+
+Clears the list of serializers used to render the error when the client supplies non-valid input.
+
+#### `input_validation_failed_serializer( serializer )`
+
+Adds a serializer that can be used to render the error page when input validation fails.
+
+#### `clear_input_validation_failed_serializers!`
+
+Clears the list of serializers used to render the error when the client supplies non-valid input.
+
+#### `allow_api_viewer(serializer: MediaTypes::Serialization::Serializers::ApiViewer, **filter_opts)`
+
+Enables rendering the api viewer when adding the `api_viewer=last` query parameter to the url.
+
+#### `freeze_io!(**filter_opts)`
+
+Registers serialization and deserialization in the controller.
+This function must be called before using the controller.
+
+### Controller usage
+
+These functions are available during method execution in the controller.
+
+#### `render_media( obj, serializers: nil, not_acceptable_serializer: nil, **options ) do`
+
+Serializes an object and renders it using the appropriate content type.
+Options are passed through to the controller `render` function. Allows you to specify different objects to different serializers using a block:
+
+```ruby
+render_media do
+  serializer BookSerializer, book
+  serializer BooksSerializer do
+    [ book ]
+  end
+end
+```
+
+**Warning**: this block can be called multiple times when used together with recursive serializers like the API viewer.
+Try to _avoid changing state_ in this block.
+
+If you want to render with different serializers than defined in the controller you can pass an array of serializers in the `serializers` property.
+
+If you want to override the serializer that is used to render the response when no acceptable Content-Type could be negotiated you can pass the desired serializer in the `not_acceptable_serializer` property.
+
+This method throws a `MediaTypes::Serialization::OutputValidationFailedError` error if the output does not conform to the format defined by the configured validator.
+Best practise is to return a 500 error to the client.
+
+If no acceptable Content-Type could be negotiated the response will be rendered using the serialized defined by the class `not_acceptable_serializer` function or by the `not_acceptable_serializer` property.
+
+Due to the way this gem is implemented it is not possible to use instance variables (`@variable`) in the `render_media` do block.
+
+#### `deserialize( request )`
+
+Deserializes the request body using the configured input serializers and returns the deserialized object.
+
+Returns nil if no input body was given by the client.
+
+This method throws a `MediaTypes::Serialization::InputValidationFailedError` error if the incoming data does not conform to the specified schema.
+
+#### `deserialize!( request )`
+
+Does the same as `deserialize( request )` but gives the client an error page if no input was supplied.
+
+#### `resolve_serializer(request, identifier = nil, registration = @serialization_output_registration)`
+
+Returns the serializer class that will handle the given request.
+
+## Customization
+
+The easiest way to customize the look and feel of the built in pages is to provide your own logo and background in an initializer:
+
+```ruby
+# config/initializers/serialization.rb
+
+MediaTypes::Serialization::Serializers::CommonCSS.background = 'linear-gradient(245deg, #3a2f28 0%, #201a16 100%)'
+MediaTypes::Serialization::Serializers::CommonCSS.logo_width = 12
+MediaTypes::Serialization::Serializers::CommonCSS.logo_data = <<-HERE
+<svg height="150" width="500">
+  <ellipse cx="240" cy="100" rx="220" ry="30" style="fill:purple" />
+  <ellipse cx="220" cy="70" rx="190" ry="20" style="fill:lime" />
+  <ellipse cx="210" cy="45" rx="170" ry="15" style="fill:yellow" />
+</svg>
+HERE
+```
+
+## Development
+
+After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies.
+Then, run `rake test` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
+
+To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`.
+To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).
+
+## Contributing
+
+Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at [XPBytes/media_types-serialization](https://github.com/XPBytes/media_types-serialization).