makes cancan return a json error when asked for json and permissions fail

2015-12-16 14:02:03 +01:00
parent 5607f0f86a
commit 7996f5f816
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  protect_from_forgery with: :exception

  rescue_from CanCan::AccessDenied do |exception|
-    redirect_to main_app.root_url, alert: exception.message
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html { redirect_to main_app.root_url, alert: exception.message }
+      format.json { render json: {error: exception.message}, status: :forbidden }
+    end
  end

  layout :set_layout