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rails 3 response format and versioning using vendor MIME type in the Accept header

Preamble: I investigated how to version an API and found several ways to do it. I decided to try peter williams' suggestion and created new vendor mime types to specify version and format. I could find no definitive write-up for doing this…
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How to customize to_json response in Rails 3

I am using respond_with and everything is hooked up right to get data correctly. I want to customize the returned json, xml and foobar formats in a DRY way, but I cannot figure out how to do so using the limited :only and :include. These are great…
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Rails routing error with respond_with when creating nested resource

I'm having the following problem with a simple Rails 3 app I'm creating. It is driving me batty. My model: class Vehicle < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :vehicle_pictures, :dependent => :destroy def class VehiclePicture < ActiveRecord::Base …
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Understanding Rails 3's respond_with

Utilizing ActionController's new respond_with method...how does it determine what to render when action (save) is successful and when it's not? I ask because I'm trying to get a scaffold generated spec (included below) to pass, if only so that I…
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Including "type" attribute in json respond_with Rails 3.1

It seems that when returning an object containing a "type" attribute as JSON from a Rails 3.1 application, the "type" attribute is not included. Assume I have the following: A model with corresponding STI table Animal. Models Cat, Dog and Fish that…
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Rails 3: Proper way to Delete resource using respond_with

I'm trying to DRY up a controller by incorporating respond_with. When I do, following some instructions in a Railscast, I get things mostly working. The problem lies in the redirect after deleting a resource...which should be redirecting to…
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respond_with is asking for location on error

I have a pretty standard authenticate method private def authenticate_user @current_user = User.find_by_authentication_token(params[:token]) unless @current_user error = { :error => "Invalid token." } respond_with(error,…
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How to DRY up Rails 3 controllers by overriding methods like respond_with?

I'm trying to create a JSONP API for my Rails 3 application. Right now in my controllers, I have a lot of actions which follow this pattern: # This is from my users_controller.rb, as an example def index @users = User.all respond_with(@users,…
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respond_with redirecting when format=json

I'm encountering a strange behavior in my controllers. They seem to occasionally want to redirect instead of render a json response. respond_to :json, :html, :js def create @favorite =…
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Stop Rails from trying to provide a template / ActionView::MissingTemplate

I have a simple angular rails app that I am trying to get wired up. Here is my rails controller: class ItemsController < ApplicationController respond_to :json, :html def index @items =…
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How to customize the JSON that respond_with renders in case of validation errors?

In a controller, I want to replace if..render..else..render with respond_with: # Current implementation (unwanted) def create @product = Product.create(product_params) if @product.errors.empty? render json: @product else render json: {…
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Rails respond_with & Rspec controllers: Testing unsuccessful update

I'm trying to switch from using respond_to to respond_with in Rails controllers. Everything's going smoothly, except for testing invalid saves in controller specs. Here's an example: describe MyController do ... describe "PUT update" do context…
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How can I simplify this Rails 3 controller method

I currently have this method in a controller: def show property = Property.find(params[:id]) respond_to do |format| format.xml { render :xml => property.to_xml(:except => [:address1, :address2, :analysis_date, :analysis_date_2, ...]) } …
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How to respond_with multiple objects in Rails 3.1

I have a route for example POST /interaction.json where the client posts a new interaction. Normally my controller would look like class InteractionController < ApplicationController def create respond_with @log end end and I…
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JSON, respond_with, and nested resources routing error?

Hey Everybody, Thanks in advance for checking out my question. I've got nested routes like so: resources :users do resources :avatars end And upon creating a user, I also create an avatar like so: def create @user = User.create(params[:user]) …
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