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Ruby

Posted by Mario Rodrigues
Mario Rodrigues
652 Points

Store json object in a ruby on rails application

I have an Json object that I have to store in a ruby on rails application. How can I store a json object in an ruby on rails application? What is need to pass a json object to the controller and invoke que create method?

I have tried with this jquery ajax request like this:

function ajaxsend() { 
  $.ajax({
    url: "http://localhost:3000/articles",
    type: "POST",
    data: { "article": { "title": "firsttitle", "text": "text of the article" } }              });

}

But I don't get nothing. I tried to see if I get something with this controller:

    def create
        render plain: params[:article].inspect
    end

but nothing happens.

Can someone point me to a solution? How can I store a json object into an ruby on rails app?

1 Answer

Jordan Littell
Jordan Littell
10,227 Points
Jordan Littell
Jordan Littell
10,227 Points

The first thing I would do is specify the dataType in your ajax request. The default in Rails is html. So when you send that ajax request to the create action it will try and render a view in html.erb. I would either set dataType: 'json' in your ajax request or change the route of the request to url: "http://localhost:3000/articles.json".