How to return HTTP 204 in a Rails controller

Question

This seems to be basic but I\'m a Ruby/Rails beginner. I need to simply return HTTP 204 in a controller. Would

respond_to do |format|
  format.html  
end
         


        

Answer 1

head :no_content

Tested with Rails 3.2.x, 4.x. It causes the controller method to respond with the 204 No Content HTTP status code.

An example of using this inside a controller method named foobar:

def foobar
  head :no_content
end