Apotomo ajax widget example

ajax_widget.rb

module Apotomo
  class AjaxWidget < Apotomo::Widget

    responds_to_event :ajax_display

    def display
      render :view => :display
    end

    def ajax_display
      render :text => "To be overridden"
    end
  end

display.erb

<%= widget_div :id => "portlet-#{widget_id}" do %>
    <div class="section">
        <%= image_tag "loading.gif" %>
    </div>
<% end %>

<script>
  $(document).ready(function () {
    $.ajax({
            url: '<%= url_for_event(:ajax_display) %>',
            dataType: 'html'
        }).done(function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
           $("#<%="portlet-#{widget_id}"%>").find(".section").html(data);
        }).fail(function() {
           $("#<%="portlet-#{widget_id}"%>").find(".section").html("error retrieving section");
        });
    });
</script>

site_traffoc_widget.rb

class SiteTrafficWidget < Apotomo::AjaxWidget

  def ajax_display
    render :text => "Yey it works"
  end
end