You can use the RestfulClient gem to test it out instead of CURL.
On Aug 19, 1:00 pm, hitch <larryhitc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The format is determined by the HTTP Accept header, and not by adding
> an extension on the URL.
> So, your url remains /sessions/create and not /sessions/create.xml
>
> You can test this out by using a command line tool like curl. For
> example:
>
> curl -H "Accept: application/xml" "http://localhost:3000/sessions/
> create?login=xxx&password=xxx"
>
> This should return your xml.
>
> On Aug 18, 8:28 pm, Martin Dinstuhl <mdinst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hey everyone,
>
> > I have been using Ruby on Rails for a few months now (I come from a
> > php / Java/J2EE background) and have been LOVING it. I do have one
> > question regarding XML output and the SessionsController#create method
> > that is generated by the restful authentication plugin.
>
> > I added the following code to the create method:
>
> > #if login is successful
>
> > respond_to do |format|
> > format.html { redirect_back_or_default('/')}# index.html.erb
> > format.xml { render :xml => self.current_user }
> > end
>
> > #if login is not successful
>
> > respond_to do |format|
> > format.html { render :action => 'new'}# index.html.erb
> > format.xml { response.status_code.should == 401 }
> > end
>
> > When I try to test this like
> > this:http://localhost:3000/sessions/create?login=myuser&password=mypassword
> > I am able to login successfully. If I add .xml to the end of create
> > like
> > this:http://localhost:3000/sessions/create.xml?login=myuser&password=mypas...
> > I get the following exception: No route matches "/sessions/create.xml"
> > with {:method=>:get}. My routes.rb is pretty generic (has all of the
> > restful authentication mappings) and I haven't touched it. Any ideas
> > as to what I'm doing wrong? How can I log in to my site from a 3rd
> > party client?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Mark Dinstuhl
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