要创建新的Rails 5 API，请打开一个终端并运行以下命令：
rails new app_name --api
将创建以下文件结构：
create create README.rdoc create Rakefile create config.ru create .gitignore create Gemfile create app create app/assets/javascripts/application.js create app/assets/stylesheets/application.css create app/controllers/application_controller.rb create app/helpers/application_helper.rb create app/views/layouts/application.html.erb create app/assets/images/.keep create app/mailers/.keep create app/models/.keep create app/controllers/concerns/.keep create app/models/concerns/.keep create bin create bin/bundle create bin/rails create bin/rake create bin/setup create config create config/routes.rb create config/application.rb create config/environment.rb create config/secrets.yml create config/environments create config/environments/development.rb create config/environments/production.rb create config/environments/test.rb create config/initializers create config/initializers/assets.rb create config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb create config/initializers/cookies_serializer.rb create config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb create config/initializers/inflections.rb create config/initializers/mime_types.rb create config/initializers/session_store.rb create config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb create config/locales create config/locales/en.yml create config/boot.rb create config/database.yml create db create db/seeds.rb create lib create lib/tasks create lib/tasks/.keep create lib/assets create lib/assets/.keep create log create log/.keep create public create public/404.html create public/422.html create public/500.html create public/favicon.ico create public/robots.txt create test/fixtures create test/fixtures/.keep create test/controllers create test/controllers/.keep create test/mailers create test/mailers/.keep create test/models create test/models/.keep create test/helpers create test/helpers/.keep create test/integration create test/integration/.keep create test/test_helper.rb create tmp/cache create tmp/cache/assets create vendor/assets/javascripts create vendor/assets/javascripts/.keep create vendor/assets/stylesheets create vendor/assets/stylesheets/.keep
该文件结构将在名为的新文件夹中创建app_name。它包含启动项目所需的所有资产和代码。
输入文件夹并安装依赖项：
cd app_name bundle install
您还应该启动数据库。Rails使用SQLite作为默认数据库。要创建它，请运行：
rake db:setup
现在运行您的应用程序：
$ rails server
在打开浏览器时http://localhost:3000，您的闪亮的新（空）API应该正在运行！