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

If you don't want to render anything at all you can do this:

render :nothing => true, :status => 204

or like this:

render :nothing => true, :status => 204 and return

Or you can use the :status => 204 part with any other render command