can i have json without root element?

[mahavir155]

Can i have json without root element?

Eg: I am getting following:
{"user":{"id":6,"mobile":"+919420101252","auth_token":"5VGal6JXu6qvZB8KIiULWQtt"}}

I would like to have only
{"id":6,"mobile":"+919420101252","auth_token":"5VGal6JXu6qvZB8KIiULWQtt"}

I tried setting following in initializers:
ActsAsApi::Config.include_root_in_json_collections = false

But seems to be not working.

Any other way or it is not possible?

Though, thank you for nice library :).

[mahavir155]

can anyone answer this please?

[fabrik42]

Could you please provide some more information like your Rails version or the used code in your controller?

[mahavir155]

Rails 4.1.6

Controller code:

class Api::AuthenticationController < ActionController::Base
respond_to :json

def get_seller_associations
    mobile = params[:phone]
    contacts = params[:contacts]

    contacts_array = contacts.split(",")
    associations = Array.new

    $i=0
    while $i < contacts_array.length do
        c = Api::ApiHelper.format_mobile(contacts_array[$i])
        if Buyer.exists?(:mobile => c) then
            associations << c
        end
        $i+=1
    end

    mobile = Api::ApiHelper.format_mobile(mobile)
    if Seller.exists?(:mobile => mobile) then
        @seller = Seller.where(:mobile => mobile).take
        @seller.auth_token = Seller.generate_auth_token
        @seller.associations = associations
        @seller.save
    else
        @seller = Seller.new
        @seller.auth_token = Seller.generate_auth_token
        @seller.mobile = mobile
        @seller.associations = associations
        @seller.save
    end 

    respond_with(@seller, :location => nil) do |format|
        format.json { render_for_api :seller_detail, :json => @seller, :root => :user }
    end

end

end

[mahavir155]

Thank you for reply. Please let me know if you need more information..

[fabrik42]

Well, your code sets the root property, when rendering the response, iirc this will overwrite the default settings.

format.json { render_for_api :seller_detail, :json => @seller, :root => :user }

Try the remove the :root => :user setting.

[mahavir155]

Thanks again for reply!

If i remove :root => :user, it seems to be adding model-name like below:

{"seller":{"id":4,"mobile":"+919420730595","auth_token":"ZZmANCqWgKfiOR1zLrk1Bgtt","associations":["+919423493227"]}}

What i want is simply:
{"id":4,"mobile":"+919420730595","auth_token":"ZZmANCqWgKfiOR1zLrk1Bgtt","associations":["+919423493227"]}

Is it possible?

[mahavir155]

Ok, I solved it by adding following in /config/initializers/acts_as_api.rb

ActsAsApi::Config.add_root_node_for = []
ActiveRecord::Base.include_root_in_json = false

As per metioned in #30

Thanks again for looking into it!

[fabrik42]

Awesome! I'll close this ticket then.