Ruby on Rails: How do detect if access by JSON?

Question

I got a GET URL that calls a controller method getInfo. It can be called by mydomain.com/getInfo.json?params=BLAHBLAH or mydomain.com/getInfo?params=BLAHBLAH

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Answer 1

Within your controller's specific method, you can respond to different formats - for example:

respond_to do |format|
  format.html
  format.json { render :json => @user }
end

You can respond to various formats (xml, js, json, etc) - you can get more information about respond_to and how to use it in your controller here:

http://apidock.com/rails/ActionController/MimeResponds/InstanceMethods/respond_to