Larry, Thank you SO much for answering my question. If anyone is wondering, THIS WORKED.
Have a good one! Martin Dinstuhl On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:00 AM, 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 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
