How to build postman request for Rails POST method

Question

No matter how I format the raw portion of this request, I cannot avoid the parsing error below.

I have a Rails API with a create method that passes the spec, to illu

Answer 1

Like @Tejas Patel said it's all about headers. But instead of setting them explicitly you can just:

1. In the request creation area switch to the body tab. Set raw radio button. In the lower text area input your body:

   { "power_up": { "name": "foo", "description": "bar" } }

2. Then in a dropdown list to the rigth choose JSON (application/json) option instead of the default Text option. That will auto-set the required headers. That's it - you can press "Send" button.