You can also use to_josn method to get the json string. Its built-in method in rails. when request arrives at server you can get json data in parameter which you can fatch by params[:<json root name>] You can view the whole request ad json in rails by using req.as_json method.
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Frederick Cheung < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Aug 17, 1:59 am, Cainus <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey all... I'm building a RESTful JSON API and I find myself writing > > this: > > > > JSON.parse(request.body.read) > > > > ...over and over in every controller action that accepts JSON in the > > request body (which is a lot of actions). > > > > Does rails have a better built-in way to keep the code more DRY? Or > > should I solve that somehow myself? > > > > If the content-type is set properly on the request, rails should > populate params with the parsed json itself. > > Fred > > Thanks, > > > > Cainus > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
