problem using 'as_json' in my model and 'render :json' => in my controller (rails)
- by patrick
Hi everyone. I am trying to create a unique json data structure, and I have run into a problem that I can't seem to figure out.
In my controller, I am doing:
favorite_ids = Favorites.all.map(&:photo_id)
data = { :albums => PhotoAlbum.all.to_json,
:photos => Photo.all.to_json(:favorite => lambda {|photo| favorite_ids.include?(photo.id)}) }
render :json => data
and in my model:
def as_json(options = {})
{ :name => self.name,
:favorite => options[:favorite].is_a?(Proc) ? options[:favorite].call(self) : options[:favorite] }
end
The problem is, rails encodes the values of 'photos' & 'albums' (in my data hash) as JSON twice, and this breaks everything... The only way I could get this to work is if I call 'as_json' instead of 'to_json':
data = { :albums => PhotoAlbum.all.as_json,
:photos => Photo.all.as_json(:favorite => lambda {|photo| favorite_ids.include?(photo.id)}) }
However, when I do this, my :favorite = lambda option no longer makes it into the model's as_json method.......... So, I either need a way to tell 'render :json' not to encode the values of the hash so I can use 'to_json' on the values myself, or I need a way to get the parameters passed into 'as_json' to actually show up there.......
I hope someone here can help... Thanks!
