How to respond to HTML requests made via AJAX in Rails

Question

I\'m trying to write a Rails controller method that will respond to get requests made both \"normally\" (e.g. following a link) and via ajax.

Normal Case: The controller

Answer 1

In your controller method, simply do this:

   respond_to do |format|
      format.js if request.xhr?
      format.html { redirect_to :action => "index"}
    end