Rails respects the Accept header, but the :format URL parameter takes precedence. Best of both worlds.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Korny Sietsma <[email protected]> wrote: > does it? Sorry, haven't done any rails for a long time - I thought t was the > other way round. > - K > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Mike Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Korny Sietsma <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> One trick I've seen is people serving up application/json if the Accept >>> header includes it, but otherwise, providing a html wrapper that >>> pretty-formats the json. Can't remember where I've seen that, but it seemed >>> a clever way to make a json UI a bit more user-friendly for dumb users. >> >> JSON is no place for 'dumb users'. >>> >>> Incidentally, what are people's thoughts on serving json based on the URL >>> (i.e. ending in ".json") vs based on the Accept header (i.e. the Rails way)? >> >> I think accepting both is the most flexible. >> Rails supports '.json'. Did you mean the other way >> round? http://www.goodfordogs.org/latest/2.json >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > > > -- > Kornelis Sietsma korny at my surname dot com http://korny.info > "Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part > that wonders what the part that isn't thinking > isn't thinking of" > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en.
