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Ruby Build a Rails API Coding the API Returning JSON

Matthew Grossman
Matthew Grossman
290 Points
Posted by Matthew Grossman
Matthew Grossman
290 Points

Not really Sure what I am doing wrong

Not really sure what I am doing wrong here!

monkeys_controller.rb 
class MonkeysController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :find_monkey

  def show
    monkey = Monkey.find_monkey
    render json: monkey.as_json(include::bananas)
  end

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

1 Answer

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points

you only need this line after render, with a space between include and bananas:

 monkey.as_json(include: :bananas)