Using respond_to ... format.json and jQuery Form Plugin by malsup
- by Topher Fangio
Hello all,
I'm having a tad bit of trouble getting the jQuery Form Plugin to work properly with a file-upload field. When I use the plugin to submit the form without a file-upload field, the format.json portion of the respond_to do |format| block is called properly. However, by adding the file-upload field, it only executes the format.html portion which makes my javascript code think that an error has occurred.
Has anyone run into this before or know a way to force the plugin to always use json? Alternatively, can I modify the url that the plugin uses to force Rails to render the json?
Thanks very much for any help! Code below:
# app/controllers/details_controller.rb
def create
@detail = Detail.new(params[:detail])
style = params[:detail_style].to_sym || :thumb
data = { :id => '5', :url => 'test.rails' }
respond_to do |format|
if @detail.save
flash[:notice] = 'Your image has been saved.'
data = { :id => @detail.id, :url => @detail.data.url(style) }
format.html { redirect_to :action => 'index' }
format.json { render :json => "<textarea>#{data.to_json}</textarea>", :status => :created }
else
format.html { render :action => 'new' }
format.json { render :json => @detail.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
/* app/views/sidebar/_details.html.erb (excerpt) */
<% form_for(Detail.new, :html => { :multipart => true } ) do |f| %>
<%= hidden_field_tag 'detail_style', 'thumb' %>
<%= f.label :image, "Recent Images" %>
<%= f.file_field :image%>
<p>
<%= f.submit "Upload" %>
</p>
<% end %>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
var options = {
dataType: 'json',
success: function(json, statusText) {
console.log("success: " + json);
},
error: function(xhr, statusText, errorThrown) {
console.log("error: " + xhr.responseText);
}
};
$('#new_detail').ajaxForm(options);
});
