Rails: JSON URL returning HTML

Question

I have a Rails 4 application, and the URL localhost:3000/resources.json returns and HTML file, instead of JSON. The index.json.jbuilder is generated by Rails scaffold itself. Any idea why the JSON output is going wrong?

Answer 1

Thought I will answer this question myself based on further searches.

• HAML prevents template engines to render anything else than HTML
• http://denysonique.blogspot.com/2012/03/rails-views-htmlhaml-vs-haml-htmlerb-vs.html