#320 Jbuilder

Jan 30, 2012 | 8 minutes | Plugins

Jbuilder provides a DSL for generating JSON. It includes a template engine which allows you to create complex responses with helpers and conditions.

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          Gemfile
        
gem 'jbuilder'

          views/articles/show.json.jbuilder
        
json.(@article, :id, :name, :published_at)
json.edit_url edit_article_url(@article) if current_user.admin?

json.author @article.author, :id, :name
# or 
json.author do |json|
  json.(@article.author, :id, :name)
  json.url author_url(@article.author)
end

json.comments @article.comments, :id, :name, :content
# or
json.comments @article.comments do |json, comment|
  json.partial! comment
end

          views/comments/_comment.json.jbuilder
        
json.(comment, :id, :name, :content)