Rails - May 2008 - params missing data for format.xml?

Hello there,

I have a TextSnippet model and a corresponding controller that works
perfectly fine for creating new instances via html/the browser etc.
However, when accessing it via REST/xml the "@text_snippet
TextSnippet.new(params[:text_snippet])" part below leaves an empty
@text_snippet, simply because params[:text_snippet] is nil for
format.xml requests. Not entirely sure why that is, but the params
only contain the following:

format => xml
action => create
controller => text_snippets
user_id => joerg-battermann

... no text_snippets in there?!

I am seriously wondering why... when accessing via the browser and
looking at the params value then, I also have

text_snippet => HashWithIndifferentAccess (2 element(s)) ...

which is perfectly right.

Am I missing something?

Here''s the controller''s create action part:


class TextSnippetsController < ApplicationController
  # POST /users/1/text_snippets
  # POST /users/1/text_snippets.xml
  def create
    @text_snippet = TextSnippet.new(params[:text_snippet])

    respond_to do |format|
      if @text_snippet.save
        @user.items << @text_snippet
        flash[:success] = ''TextSnippet was successfully
created.''
        format.html { redirect_to user_text_snippet_url(@user,
@text_snippet) }
        format.xml  { render :xml => @text_snippet, :status
=> :created, :location => user_text_snippet_url(@user,
@text_snippet) }
      else
        format.html { render :action => "new" }
        format.xml  { render :xml => @text_snippet.errors, :status
=> :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end
end


Cheers and thanks,
-J
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