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head

v3.0.0 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: ActionController::Head

head(status, options = {}) public

Return a response that has no content (merely headers). The options argument is interpreted to be a hash of header names and values. This allows you to easily return a response that consists only of significant headers:

  head :created, :location => person_path(@person)

It can also be used to return exceptional conditions:

  return head(:method_not_allowed) unless request.post?
  return head(:bad_request) unless valid_request?
  render

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# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/head.rb, line 19
    def head(status, options = {})
      options, status = status, nil if status.is_a?(Hash)
      status ||= options.delete(:status) || :ok
      location = options.delete(:location)

      options.each do |key, value|
        headers[key.to_s.dasherize.split(/-/).map { |v| v.capitalize }.join("-")] = value.to_s
      end

      self.status = status
      self.location = url_for(location) if location
      self.content_type = Mime[formats.first]
      self.response_body = " "
    end

head

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