Rails render head vs. status

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stackjlei picture stackjlei · Oct 29, 2017 · Viewed 10.1k times · Source

What's the difference between render head :ok vs. render status :ok in Rails? They both get returned as the header right?

Answer

Cyzanfar picture Cyzanfar · Oct 29, 2017

There is no difference really. The Rails doc says this about head:

The head method can be used to send responses with only headers to the browser. The head method accepts a number or symbol (see reference table) representing an HTTP status code

head :ok sets render to return just the header with status 200.

It's merely a shorthand for render nothing: true, status: :ok.

Rails 5 will also do head :no_content by default when you don't have a template defined for an action

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