Question

I have a method called is_following in the user.rb model, and it checks to see if one user is following another.

Users Controller

  def show
    @user = User.find(params[:id])
       respond_to |format|
          format.json { render json: @user, :methods => [:image_url, :is_following] }
       end

User Model

  def is_following params
    return "yep" if params[:follower_id] == id
  end

However, I don’t know how to pass params into the :is_following method in the controller. Anyone have any luck or solution to this?

Answer 1

This may not be the answer you’re looking for but it definitely a solution. I recommend you stop using render to generate your JSON.

Gems such as jbuilder or rabl make it easier and gives you more flexibility.

Ruby on Rails is a MVC framework. You should leave view generation at the view layer. Doing this will save you from much more pain you’ll endure in the future.