Question

So, I’m doing like that at my controller action:

json_document = JSON(params) (json gem)

If I print json_document it gives me a Json like that:

 {"createdAt":"Mar 6, 2012 6:12:54 PM","id":177139718620856322,"text":"@rgjunio where?","source":"web","isTruncated":false,"inReplyToStatusId":177139644012572673, ...

But when I try to access it:

tweet = Complaint.find_by_twitter_status json_document["inReplyToStatusId"]

i get the following error:

can't convert ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess into String

So i tried another way using symbols:

tweet = Complaint.find_by_twitter_status json_document[:inReplyToStatusId]

but it gives me the error:

TypeError (can't convert Symbol into Integer)

Any idea?

Update:
If I use params[:inReplyToStatusId] isntead I got the following:

  ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (PG::Error: ERROR:  operator does not exist: character varying = bigint
 HINT:  No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You might need to add explicit type casts.
SELECT  "complaints".* FROM "complaints"  WHERE "complaints"."twitter_status" = 177144980450721794 LIMIT 1):

Answer 1

Try:

params[:inReplyToStatusId].to_s