how to send a post request and receive json back in rails

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I've looked through a fair amount of the questions - yet, I am still confused.

I am making a Rails app that connects with the Healthgraph API (here Track your Run - ASICS Runkeeper™ Running Tracker App).

I am supposed to make a POST request via Rails - based on a parameter I recieve and then recieve the JSON. I have tried the outh2, runkeeper and other gems and they don't work because of a certain dependency. However, I am lost on how to POST via Rails and recieve a response.

I do get the code back in my controller - however, I still don't know how to get an access token.

  def rktest

    respond_to

    if params[:code]       require 'oauth2'

      @code=params[:code]

      @cc_id=client_id       @client_s=client_secret

    else

      @code="None"

    end

I'm trying to also do it via Javascript - but I'd rather not - since it leaves my client secret exposed. Also, I don't recieve data back either.

    <script type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/ jquery-1.7.1.min.js"></script>

    <script type="text/javascript">

    function get_access_token(code,ccid,cc_s){

    $.ajaxSetup({     'beforeSend': function(xhr){     xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/javascript")     }     });

    var sent = { 'grant_type': 'authorization_code',     'code': code,     'client_id': ccid,     'client_secret': cc_s,     'redirect_uri': 'http://myurl.com/rktest’     };

    document.write("<p>" + sent + "</p>");

    $.ajax({     url: 'https://runkeeper.com/apps/token’,     data: sent,     type: 'POST',     dataType: 'json',     success: function(data, status, xhr){     if (status === 'error' || !xhr.responseText){     handleError();     }else{

    document.write("<p>" + data + "</p>");     document.write("<p>" + status + "</p>");     document.write("<p>" + xhr + "</p>");

    }     }     });

    }

    <%= 'get_access_token(\''+@code+'\',\''+@cc_id+'\',\''+@cc_s +'\');' %>

   </script>

Also, here is my routes file currently:

    match '/rktest', :to => 'main#rktest', :via => [:get, :post]

Even this does not work.

    RestClient.post 'https://runkeeper.com/apps/token’, {:params => {         :grant_type => 'authorization_code',         :code => @code,         :client_id => '8e9b36478b764ac38ef1bdabc6d14d60',         :client_secret => 'fb66f35c944246588db30e1288501315',   :redirect_uri => "http%3A%2F%2Fopenhealthdesigns.com%2Frktest"}}

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Archit Bhise wrote in post #1041310:

I'm trying to also do it via Javascript - but I'd rather not - since it leaves my client secret exposed. Also, I don't recieve data back either.

... ...     $.ajaxSetup({     'beforeSend': function(xhr){     xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/javascript")     }     });

Here's an decent explanation of why you JavaScript solution will not work:

http://www.jquery-tutorial.net/ajax/same-origin-policy/

The same origin policy will prevent your did sending a request directly to another domain. Look into JSONP for a workaround to the same origin policy.

You should, however, be able to send the request from the server side using Ruby.

See open-uri for more details. Here's one example that I found via Google:

http://juretta.com/log/2006/08/13/ruby_net_http_and_open-uri/