the ruby source code generated by rails

Question

I an new in ruby and rails.

Following the guide in ror document,I create the blog application.

Howver when I see the code generated,I found that I can not understand them,for exmpale:

  def show
    @post = Post.find(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # show.html.erb
      format.json { render json: @post }
    end
  end

The repond_to is a method(isn't it?),and the following block is the argument?

However what does the code inner the block mean?

      format.html # show.html.erb
      format.json { render json: @post }

Is the format.html is the name of the method or something else?

ANd how about the { render json: @post }>?

I do not mean the function of the method,but the expression here. — hguser
– hguser, Commented Feb 2, 2012 at 13:38
You need some basic ruby education, it will clear this up faster than anything else. mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide — muffinista
– muffinista, Commented Feb 2, 2012 at 13:56

Sergio Campamá · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-02 13:37:46Z

1

The respond_to method helps you to deliver the content in the format requested. For example, if you call /posts/1.json, the response would be a JSON file. If it's /posts/1.html, the response would be an HTML page. The default when no extension is provided is to render HTML.

The format.json method tells Rails what to do when requested that extension, like for example, if for every JSON request you would like to increase a counter, but not for HTML requests, you could do:

format.json { 
    counter = counter + 1
    render json: @post
}

If you don't provide a block to the format.json method, Rails automagically will try and look inside views/posts/ for a show.json.erb file, and render that. In the method you provided, render json: @post tells Rails to render it immediately instead of looking for a file.

answered Feb 2, 2012 at 13:37

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2 Comments

hguser Over a year ago

I know this render different result according to the request type(json or html),I just can not understand this syntax. so format here is an object? and format.json is a method,and the {xx} is the argument of block type? and inside the block,the render is another method name,and the json:@post is the argument?

KL-7 Over a year ago

@hguser, your assumptions about what's method and what's arguments in that case are right if that's what you're asking about. render json: @post is equivalent of render({ :json => @post }) if that'd make things clearer for you.

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