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Ruby Build a Rails API Coding the API Creating To-Do Items

Ashley Putnam
Ashley Putnam
399 Points
Posted by Ashley Putnam
Ashley Putnam
399 Points

Rails Server Stopped Working

Before the "Creating To-do Items" segment, my project was working perfectly. The VM was setup and I coud "rails s" and get things going. After I added the new code from this section, the rails server will not even boot. I get a this:

"Exiting /home/treehouse/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:241:in `load': /home/treehouse/projects/odot/config/routes.rb:26: syntax error, unexpected keyword_end, expecting end-of-input (SyntaxError)"

and a list of dependencies.

What should I do?

2 Answers

Daniel Cunningham
Daniel Cunningham
21,109 Points
Daniel Cunningham
Daniel Cunningham
21,109 Points

Start by checking line 26 of Routes.rb and make sure that everything is correct with the syntax. Possibly post that if you want a few more sets of eyes on it as well. The error is "unexpected keyword_end, expecting end of input" which suggests that an "end" or perhaps a comma, close parenthesis or other syntax issue is causing the code to break.

Ashley Putnam
Ashley Putnam
399 Points
Ashley Putnam
Ashley Putnam
399 Points

I left out a "do" early on in my routes.rb. All is working again. Thanks for your help.