A Rails engine gem for creating and managing dynamic surveys with multiple question types and result aggregation.
Rapidfire is a Ruby on Rails engine gem that enables developers to easily add dynamic survey functionality to their Rails applications. It provides an admin interface for creating surveys with various question types, manages response collection, and offers APIs for result aggregation. It solves the problem of building custom survey systems from scratch by offering a ready-to-integrate solution.
Rails developers who need to embed survey or questionnaire features into their applications, such as for user feedback, data collection, or internal tools.
Developers choose Rapidfire because it integrates seamlessly into existing Rails apps, supports multiple question types out of the box, and provides an easy-to-use admin interface without requiring external services. Its self-hosted nature and Rails-centric design make it a flexible and maintainable choice.
Making dynamic surveys should be easy!
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Supports checkboxes, radio buttons, selects, short/long answers, date, numeric, and file uploads, covering most survey needs without coding from scratch, as detailed in the feature list.
Mounts as a Rails engine and inherits from ApplicationController, allowing seamless use of existing authentication like Devise via current_user and can_administer? methods, as shown in the usage section.
Includes generators to copy and customize views and locales, giving full control over the survey interface and internationalization, as explained in the installation and usage notes.
Provides JSON and HTML APIs for fetching survey results with aggregatable data for charts, enabling easy visualization, though the README notes efficiency limitations.
The README explicitly states the results API is 'not efficient,' which could lead to performance issues when handling large volumes of responses or real-time analytics.
Key functionality like question sorting is listed in the TODO section, meaning developers must implement it themselves or wait for updates, affecting usability for complex surveys.
Major version upgrades require manual rake tasks for migrations, such as changing table names or delimiters, adding maintenance overhead and risk of errors, as noted in the upgrade notes.