Question

i need to create a method, which gets called by a local application with two parameters. how can i return true or false then? with xml? my method looks like this:

def check_license
  app_id = params[:id]
  app_sn = params[:sn]

  @license = License.find_by_id(app_id)

  respond_to do |format|
    if @license.app_serial == app_sn
      # should return true here
   else
     # should return false here
   end
  end
end

thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You first need to decide with format your other internal application will call this application. Popular (and sane) formats are xml or json.

Then, in your controller, you need to render a response in each of those formats:

resp = @license.app_serial == app_sn
respond_to do |format|
   format.json { render :json => resp }
   format.xml do
      if resp
        head :ok
      else
        render :xml => resp, :status => 403 # that's a failed authentication response
      end
   end
end