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Course 37 - Building Web Apps with Ruby On Rails | Episode 15: Multi-format Controllers and Custom JSON Serialization

CyberCode Academy

Published
June 28, 2026
Duration
21:52
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Last updated
Jul 5, 2026

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In this lesson, you’ll learn about: multi-format responses, JSON serialization, and building clean, reusable Rails API controllers1. Multi-Format Controller ResponsesUsing Ruby on Rails:🔹 Problem:Different clients need different formatsBrowser → HTMLMobile app → JSONExternal systems → XML🔹 Solution:Use respond_todef show @user = User.find(params[:id]) r…

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In this lesson, you’ll learn about: multi-format responses, JSON serialization, and building clean, reusable Rails API controllers1. Multi-Format Controller ResponsesUsing Ruby on Rails:🔹 Problem:Different clients need different formatsBrowser → HTMLMobile app → JSONExternal systems → XML🔹 Solution:Use respond_todef show @user = User.find(params[:id]) respond_to do |format| format.html format.json { render json: @user } format.xml { render xml: @user } end end 👉 Key InsightOne controller acti

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