Thank you so much, Mickael.  This is indeed what I was missing.  Much
appreciated.

Mark

On Aug 15, 11:36 pm, Mickael Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Your parameters are not seen as xml content.
>
> You should put your xml content on a file an send it with : curl -d
> @file_to_send ...
>
> In this case you will automatically get your xml as a map on the params map.
>
> Mickael
>
> On 16 August 2010 06:32, MarkB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am trying to add a controller method that will take an XML post with
> > a schema not related to an existing model and parse it as a hash of
> > parameters.  I create apis_controller.rb:
>
> > class ApisController < ApplicationController
> >  def create
> >    puts "**** API INVOKED ****"
> >    puts params[:name]
> >  end
> > end
>
> > Then...
>
> > curl --data-urlencode "<name>Foo</name>" -H "Content-Type:application/
> > xml"http://localhost:3000/apis.xml
>
> > I get the following error:
>
> >  Status: 500 Internal Server Error
> >  undefined method `name' for nil:NilClass
>
> > Is there a way for "puts params[:name]" to display "Foo" upon
> > receiving the XML post?
>
> > Thanks in advance!
> > Mark
>
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