Question

I have template: blabla.haml And 2 layouts:

1. layouts/application.js.erb
2. layouts/application.html.haml

In controller i have render 'blabla.haml' In log: request.xhr? # true

So if I send request with ajax I still get html answer: text/html and layouts/application.html.haml as layout

What should I do to get correct js answer?

Answer 1

in your controller you should have something like:

class UsersController < ApplicationController::Base
  def index
   respond_to do |format|
    format.js { }
    format.html {}
   end
  end
 end

you could as well implement it with respond_with something like:

class UsersController < ApplicationController::Base

  respond_to :html, :xml, :json

  def index
    respond_with(@users = User.all)
  end

  def create
   @user = User.create(params[:user])
   respond_with(@user, :location => users_url)
  end
end

or even in your ajax query, for example, with jquery ($.ajax, $.get, $.post, $.getScript, etc) you can force the content type, something like:

$.getScript('ajax/test.js', function(data, textStatus){
  console.log(data); //data returned
  console.log(textStatus); //success
  console.log('Load was performed.');

});