Howdy, I am making a few AJAX endpoints using rails, and noticed the following inconsistent behavior when setting the Content-Type to application/json. Here are four different requests to show the problem I am having.
1. First, when I make the following example request: curl -X GET "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/events?counts=true&order%5Bcolumn%5D=occurs_at&order%5Bdirection%5D=asc&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Blimit%5D=100"; Rails shows the following in the log: Started GET "/api/v1/events?counts=true&order%5Bcolumn%5D=occurs_at&order%5Bdirection%5D=asc&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Blimit%5D=100" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-04-18 03:57:49 +0000 Processing by Api::V1::EventsController#index as JSON Parameters: {"counts"=>"true", "order"=>{"column"=>"occurs_at", "direction"=>"asc"}, "page"=>{"number"=>"1", "limit"=>"100"}} 2. However, if I change the Content-Type to be "application/json": curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/events?counts=true&order%5Bcolumn%5D=occurs_at&order%5Bdirection%5D=asc&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Blimit%5D=100"; I get the following: Started GET "/api/v1/events?counts=true&order%5Bcolumn%5D=occurs_at&order%5Bdirection%5D=asc&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Blimit%5D=100" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-04-18 03:57:33 +0000 Processing by Api::V1::EventsController#index as JSON Parameters: {"counts"=>"true", "order"=>{"column"=>"occurs_at", "direction"=>"asc"}, "page"=>{"number"=>"1", "limit"=>"100"}, *"event"=>{}*} The bold part is the extra parameter (in this case "event") that gets added by making this a JSON request. 3. The problem, is that this event parameter will clobber any parameter I send over also called event. For example: curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/events?counts=true&order%5Bcolumn%5D=occurs_at&order%5Bdirection%5D=asc&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Blimit%5D=100&; *event=Super%20Important%20Info*" And it is not parsed from the params: Started GET "/api/v1/events?counts=true&order%5Bcolumn%5D=occurs_at&order%5Bdirection%5D=asc&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Blimit%5D=100& *event=Super%20Important%20Info*" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-04-18 04:02:56 +0000 Processing by Api::V1::EventsController#index as JSON Parameters: {"counts"=>"true", "order"=>{"column"=>"occurs_at", "direction"=>"asc"}, "page"=>{"number"=>"1", "limit"=>"100"}, *"event"=>{}*} 4. But, if I dont pass the JSON content type: curl -X GET "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/events?counts=true&order%5Bcolumn%5D=occurs_at&order%5Bdirection%5D=asc&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Blimit%5D=100&; *event=Super%20Important%20Info*" It works just fine: Started GET "/api/v1/events?counts=true&order%5Bcolumn%5D=occurs_at&order%5Bdirection%5D=asc&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Blimit%5D=100& *event=Super%20Important%20Info*" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-04-18 04:02:22 +0000 Processing by Api::V1::EventsController#index as JSON Parameters: {"counts"=>"true", "order"=>{"column"=>"occurs_at", "direction"=>"asc"}, "page"=>{"number"=>"1", "limit"=>"100"}, *"event"=>"Super Important Info"*} Is there any way I can just turn off this functionality? I think it might be because this is an EventsController, and Rails is trying to give me something for free, but I just want to send over whatever I want, especially as I will have situations like an OrdersController, that I want to pass an order to (such as id asc, etc..). Thanks for any help, Robert -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/Eyqplc-I7YcJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
