Hey everyone,
I have been using Ruby on Rails for a few months now (I come from a
php / Java/J2EE background) and have been LOVING it. I do have one
question regarding XML output and the SessionsController#create method
that is generated by the restful authentication plugin.
I added the following code to the create method:
#if login is successful
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_back_or_default(''/'')}#
index.html.erb
format.xml { render :xml => self.current_user }
end
#if login is not successful
respond_to do |format|
format.html { render :action => ''new''}#
index.html.erb
format.xml { response.status_code.should == 401 }
end
When I try to test this like this:
http://localhost:3000/sessions/create?login=myuser&password=mypassword
I am able to login successfully. If I add .xml to the end of create
like this:
http://localhost:3000/sessions/create.xml?login=myuser&password=mypassword
I get the following exception: No route matches "/sessions/create.xml"
with {:method=>:get}. My routes.rb is pretty generic (has all of the
restful authentication mappings) and I haven''t touched it. Any ideas
as to what I''m doing wrong? How can I log in to my site from a 3rd
party client?
Thanks,
Mark Dinstuhl
The format is determined by the HTTP Accept header, and not by adding an extension on the URL. So, your url remains /sessions/create and not /sessions/create.xml You can test this out by using a command line tool like curl. For example: curl -H "Accept: application/xml" "http://localhost:3000/sessions/ create?login=xxx&password=xxx" This should return your xml. On Aug 18, 8:28 pm, Martin Dinstuhl <mdinst...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hey everyone, > > I have been using Ruby on Rails for a few months now (I come from a > php / Java/J2EE background) and have been LOVING it. I do have one > question regarding XML output and the SessionsController#create method > that is generated by the restful authentication plugin. > > I added the following code to the create method: > > #if login is successful > > respond_to do |format| > format.html { redirect_back_or_default(''/'')}# index.html.erb > format.xml { render :xml => self.current_user } > end > > #if login is not successful > > respond_to do |format| > format.html { render :action => ''new''}# index.html.erb > format.xml { response.status_code.should == 401 } > end > > When I try to test this like this:http://localhost:3000/sessions/create?login=myuser&password=mypassword > I am able to login successfully. If I add .xml to the end of create > like this:http://localhost:3000/sessions/create.xml?login=myuser&password=mypas... > I get the following exception: No route matches "/sessions/create.xml" > with {:method=>:get}. My routes.rb is pretty generic (has all of the > restful authentication mappings) and I haven''t touched it. Any ideas > as to what I''m doing wrong? How can I log in to my site from a 3rd > party client? > > Thanks, > Mark Dinstuhl
You can use the RestfulClient gem to test it out instead of CURL. On Aug 19, 1:00 pm, hitch <larryhitc...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> The format is determined by the HTTP Accept header, and not by adding > an extension on the URL. > So, your url remains /sessions/create and not /sessions/create.xml > > You can test this out by using a command line tool like curl. For > example: > > curl -H "Accept: application/xml" "http://localhost:3000/sessions/ > create?login=xxx&password=xxx" > > This should return your xml. > > On Aug 18, 8:28 pm, Martin Dinstuhl <mdinst...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > Hey everyone, > > > I have been using Ruby on Rails for a few months now (I come from a > > php / Java/J2EE background) and have been LOVING it. I do have one > > question regarding XML output and the SessionsController#create method > > that is generated by the restful authentication plugin. > > > I added the following code to the create method: > > > #if login is successful > > > respond_to do |format| > > format.html { redirect_back_or_default(''/'')}# index.html.erb > > format.xml { render :xml => self.current_user } > > end > > > #if login is not successful > > > respond_to do |format| > > format.html { render :action => ''new''}# index.html.erb > > format.xml { response.status_code.should == 401 } > > end > > > When I try to test this like this:http://localhost:3000/sessions/create?login=myuser&password=mypassword > > I am able to login successfully. If I add .xml to the end of create > > like this:http://localhost:3000/sessions/create.xml?login=myuser&password=mypas... > > I get the following exception: No route matches "/sessions/create.xml" > > with {:method=>:get}. My routes.rb is pretty generic (has all of the > > restful authentication mappings) and I haven''t touched it. Any ideas > > as to what I''m doing wrong? How can I log in to my site from a 3rd > > party client? > > > Thanks, > > Mark Dinstuhl
hitch wrote:> The format is determined by the HTTP Accept header, and not by adding > an extension on the URL. > So, your url remains /sessions/create and not /sessions/create.xmlWait a moment. The URI is actually /sessions not /sessions/create. The HTTP verb is used to select the create method: POST http://localhost:3000/sessions would route the request to the create method in the controller. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Larry, Thank you SO much for answering my question. If anyone is wondering, THIS WORKED. Have a good one! Martin Dinstuhl On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:00 AM, hitch<larryhitchon-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > The format is determined by the HTTP Accept header, and not by adding > an extension on the URL. > So, your url remains /sessions/create and not /sessions/create.xml > > You can test this out by using a command line tool like curl. For > example: > > curl -H "Accept: application/xml" "http://localhost:3000/sessions/ > create?login=xxx&password=xxx" > > This should return your xml. > > > On Aug 18, 8:28 pm, Martin Dinstuhl <mdinst...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> Hey everyone, >> >> I have been using Ruby on Rails for a few months now (I come from a >> php / Java/J2EE background) and have been LOVING it. I do have one >> question regarding XML output and the SessionsController#create method >> that is generated by the restful authentication plugin. >> >> I added the following code to the create method: >> >> #if login is successful >> >> respond_to do |format| >> format.html { redirect_back_or_default(''/'')}# index.html.erb >> format.xml { render :xml => self.current_user } >> end >> >> #if login is not successful >> >> respond_to do |format| >> format.html { render :action => ''new''}# index.html.erb >> format.xml { response.status_code.should == 401 } >> end >> >> When I try to test this like this:http://localhost:3000/sessions/create?login=myuser&password=mypassword >> I am able to login successfully. If I add .xml to the end of create >> like this:http://localhost:3000/sessions/create.xml?login=myuser&password=mypas... >> I get the following exception: No route matches "/sessions/create.xml" >> with {:method=>:get}. My routes.rb is pretty generic (has all of the >> restful authentication mappings) and I haven''t touched it. Any ideas >> as to what I''m doing wrong? How can I log in to my site from a 3rd >> party client? >> >> Thanks, >> Mark Dinstuhl > > >