Access Ruby hash variables

Question

I am pretty new to ruby and sinatra but basically I have this route:

put \'/user_list/:user_id\' do
    puts request.params[\"model\"]
end

and

Answer 1

The standard Hash treats strings and symbols differently, and I'd be willing to bet that's what's happening in this case.

Use request.params["model"]["password"] to get the password.

The exception to that is when working with a HashWithIndifferentAccess which is part of ActiveSupport. For hashes of that type, either strings or symbols can be used to access the same elements.