output formated json with rails 3

Question

I use rails 3.0.3

A javascript auto complete needs data like this

{
 query:\'Li\',
 suggestions:[\'Liberia\',\'Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\',\'Liechtenstein\'         


        

Answer 1

If Adam's response won't work for you, this may do it (admittedly not the most elegant solution):

{
    query:'<%= @query %>',
    suggestions: [<%= raw @customers.map{|c| "'#{c.firstname} #{c.lastname}'" }.join(", ") %>],
    data: [<%= raw @customers.map{|c| "'#{c.id}'" }.join(", ") %>]
}