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Output JSON instead of HTML
class UsersController < ApplicationController
def index
hashmap_or_array = [{ name: "foo", email: "foo@example.org" }]
respond_to do |format|
format.html { render html: "Hello World" }
format.json { render json: hashmap_or_array }
end
end
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In addition we will need the route:
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- This will respond in two different ways to requests on /users:
- If we visit /users or /users.html, it will show an html page with the content Hello World
- If we visit /users.json, it will display a JSON object containing:
[
{
"name": "foo",
"email": "foo@example.org"
}
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We can omit format.html { render inline: "Hello World" } if you want to make sure that your route will answer only to JSON requests.