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respond_with

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respond_with(*resources, &block) public

respond_with wraps a resource around a responder for default representation. First it invokes respond_to, if a response cannot be found (ie. no block for the request was given and template was not available), it instantiates an ActionController::Responder with the controller and resource.

Example

def index
  @users = User.all
  respond_with(@users)
end

It also accepts a block to be given. It’s used to overwrite a default response:

def destroy
  @user = User.find(params[:id])
  flash[:notice] = "User was successfully created." if @user.save

  respond_with(@user) do |format|
    format.html { render }
  end
end

All options given to respond_with are sent to the underlying responder, except for the option :responder itself. Since the responder interface is quite simple (it just needs to respond to call), you can even give a proc to it.

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# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/mime_responds.rb, line 225
    def respond_with(*resources, &block)
      raise "In order to use respond_with, first you need to declare the formats your " <<
            "controller responds to in the class level" if self.class.mimes_for_respond_to.empty?

      if response = retrieve_response_from_mimes(&block)
        options = resources.size == 1 ? {} : resources.extract_options!
        options.merge!(:default_response => response)
        (options.delete(:responder) || self.class.responder).call(self, resources, options)
      end
    end

October 16, 2010 - (>= v3.0.0)

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needs to be paired with respond_to

Needs to be paired with respond_to at the top of your class.

class MyController < ApplicationController
  respond_to :js, :html

October 8, 2011

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Undocumented :location option

You can use undocumented :location option to override where respond_to sends if resource is valid, e.g. to redirect to products index page instead of a specific product’s page, use:

respond_with(@product, :location => products_url)

June 24, 2011 - (v3.0.0 - v3.0.9)

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RailsCast about Responders

See Ryan Bate’s excellent RailsCast #224 about Responders in Rails 3.x: http://asciicasts.com/episodes/224-controllers-in-rails-3

June 1, 2014 - (v4.0.2)