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Ruby Build a Rails API Coding the API Returning JSON

Challenge missing API reference to `as_json`; important since it's not discovered in the videos leading to it

In the "Returning JSON" challenge immediately after the Better JSON Messages, it's missing providing students references to how as_json

Unless you're familiar with Rails APIs concerning returning JSON in controllers, it's currently unnecessarily difficult for students completely unfamiliar with generating Rails API to pass this challenge without a reference to as_json API, particularly its parameters.

Unless Naomi Freeman differs, it seems the challenge is best appended to include documentation or provide a few examples for course takers completely unfamiliar with designing APIs using Rails to complete the challenge.

It'd also be a good opportunity for students to get used to the docsβ€”Rails having one of the most newbie-friendly documentation on the internet.

monkeys_controller.rb
class MonkeysController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :find_monkey

  def show
    render json: @monkey.as_json(include: :bananas)
  end

private
  def find_monkey
    @monkey = Monkey.find(params[:id])
  end
end

Edit: Treehouse's modal system seemingly didn't understand how to scrape my answer properly that's the definitive answer to the challenge based on a priori knowledge of Rails controllers and the challenge accepting it

2 Answers

I'm aware of that, but it's much later in the course; I've made an issue directly to the Challenges support team since essentially the beginning of the class for reordering to be done; I wasn't aware there were forum issues also relevant to it already.

Jessica H
Jessica H
16,612 Points

Actually Kevin its aright for you to be unaware.

I noticed the past couple of days that the forum isn't updating correctly after a refresh or when rendering the page from another location. Had it been updating properly, I would have checked other topics before I posted my question about as_json...

Then you guys started talking about how this forum was over run with 'tons of api-question overload.'

I was a bit bewildered because I didn't see any topics at all about the issue.

Only yesterday did I see what you were seeing.

The forum seems to be stuck on some topics from days ago, or it will set me back half a day, because I notice that my points are suddenly substantially lower whenever I enter the ruby forum. lol. I have to refresh several times before it updates, and even if I clear my cache..

Interesting, I'll notify Treehouse's support staff about looking more into this when I next get the chance to.