In my action I wish to only respond with processing if it was called from an AJAX request. How do I check?
I want to do something like this:
def action
@model = Model.find(params[:id])
respond_to do |format|
if (wasAJAXRequest()) #How do I do this?
format.html #action.html.erb
else
format.html {redirect_to root_url}
end
end
You can check for a header[X-Requested-With] to see if it is an AJAX request. Here is a good article on how to do it.
Here is an example:
if request.xhr?
# respond to Ajax request
else
# respond to normal request
end
As of Rails 6.1.0, xhr?() does actually (finally) return a boolean value.
The docs say that request.xhr?
Returns true if the “X-Requested-With” header contains “XMLHttpRequest”....
But BEWARE that
request.xhr?
returns numeric or nil values not BOOLEAN values as the docs say, in accordance with =~.
irb(main):004:0> /hay/ =~ 'haystack'
=> 0
irb(main):006:0> /stack/ =~ 'haystack'
=> 3
irb(main):005:0> /asfd/ =~ 'haystack'
=> nil
It's based on this:
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb, line 220
def xml_http_request?
@env['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] =~ /XMLHttpRequest/
end
so
env['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] =~ /XMLHttpRequest/ => 0
The docs:
http://apidock.com/rails/v4.2.1/ActionDispatch/Request/xml_http_request%3F
I like using before_action filters. They are especially nice when you need the same filter/authorization for multiple actions.
class MyController < AuthController
before_action :require_xhr_request, only: [:action, :action_2]
def action
@model = Model.find(params[:id])
end
def action_2
# load resource(s)
end
private
def require_xhr_request
redirect_to(root_url) unless request.xhr?
end
end
