include_root_in_json from controller

Question

I\'m trying to return a result to a view where the json does not include the root.

I don\'t want to set this on all actions for this model,so therefore am trying to

Answer 1

It's an old question now, but the answers were not updated, and Rails 3.2 filled the gap (Rails source)

With Rails 3.2, you can now use:

my_model.to_json(:root => false)

if you don't want the root key to be included.

It gets even better as I just tested it with an array, so you can do:

Model.all.to_json(:root => true)