Question

In my controller, I have this:

class TestController < ApplicationController
  respond_to :html, :json

  # code...

  def create
    @test = current_user.tests.create(params[:test])
    respond_with @test, location: tests_url
  end

  # code...

end

That’s cool, when I create the test, it redirects to test#index (as expected), but, if I press F5, the browser asks me to resubmit the form.

If I remove the location statement from respond_with it works just fine, but doesn’t go to URL I want.

How could I fix this?

Thanks in advance.

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EDIT

I change my method to

@test = current_user.tests.new(params[:transaction])
respond_with(@test) do |format|
  format.html { redirect_to "/tests/" } if @test.save
end

And it works.. but, It’s kinda weird I had to use a String instead of tests_url.

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EDIT 2

See this complete example code amd the
Bug report.

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EDIT 3

I’m unable to reproduce it with Ruby 1.9.3-p327, only in -p385.

Answer 1

You could just use the redirect_to method, like this:

def create
  @test = current_user.tests.create(params[:test])
  respond_with @test do |format|
    format.html { redirect_to tests_path }
  end
end

Then, if the client asks for a json response, the default to_json behavior will be triggered, but if the response format desired is html, then a redirect will be sent.