Parse XML post as parameters hash

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I am trying to add a controller method that will take an XML post with a schema not related to an existing model and parse it as a hash of parameters. I create apis_controller.rb:

class ApisController < ApplicationController   def create     puts "**** API INVOKED ****"     puts params[:name]   end end

Then...

curl --data-urlencode "<name>Foo</name>" -H "Content-Type:application/ xml" http://localhost:3000/apis.xml

I get the following error:

  Status: 500 Internal Server Error   undefined method `name' for nil:NilClass

Is there a way for "puts params[:name]" to display "Foo" upon receiving the XML post?

Thanks in advance! Mark

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Hello,

Your parameters are not seen as xml content.

You should put your xml content on a file an send it with : curl -d @file_to_send …

In this case you will automatically get your xml as a map on the params map.

Mickael

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Thank you so much, Mickael. This is indeed what I was missing. Much appreciated.

Mark