Rails make all routes default to format: :json

Question

Can you make all routes default to json?

I have the following for an api scope but am wondering if you can do the same for the global scope?

  scope :api, defaults: {format: :json} do
    get "/search(/:query)(/:location)" => "search#index"
  end

For example all user resources would also default to json

resources :users

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '15 at 13:53

14

Use constraints

constraints format: :json do
  resources :users
end

or

resources :users, :defaults => { :format => 'json' }

answered Jul 14 '15 at 13:53

Pavan

1

I accepted the answer and thought it worked but have created another question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31421101/rails-routes-constraints-not-working-as-expected because it is not working as expected – user2954587 Jul 15 '15 at 13:53

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '20 at 19:32

4

According to Rails docs, in your config/routes.rb file:

defaults format: :json do
  resources :photos
end

answered Aug 29 '20 at 19:32

Aleksandrus

2 Answers2