I am trying to render results from more than one model in JSON. The following code in my controller only renders the first result set:
def calculate_quote
@moulding = Moulding.find(params[:id])
@material_costs = MaterialCost.all
respond_to do |format|
format.json { render :json => @moulding }
format.json { render :json => @material_costs }
end
end
Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.
One way you could do this is to create a hash with the objects you want to render, and then pass that to the render method. Like so:
respond_to do |format|
format.json { render :json => {:moulding => @moulding,
:material_costs => @material_costs }}
end
If the models aren't associated through active record, that's probably your best solution.
If an association does exist, you can pass an :include
argument to the render call, like so:
respond_to do |format|
format.json { render :json => @moulding.to_json(:include => [:material_costs])}
end
Note that you wouldn't have to retrieve the @material_costs
variable in the section above if you take this approach, Rails will automatically load it from the @moulding
variable.