Rails Select from JSON Array

Question

I have a JSON array that was returned from Foursquare; let\'s call it @venues. I want to be able to \"select\" a venue via a drop down box and I want it to be p

Answer 1

Controller

@venues = JSON.parse @venues

View

<%= select(:model, :venue_id, @venues.map {|v| [ v['venue']['name'], v['venue']['id'] ] }) %>

Or to be more cleaner:

Controller

@venues = JSON.parse @venues
@venues_list = @venues.map { |v| v['venue'] }

View

<%= select(:model, :venue_id, @venues_list.map {|v| [ v['name'], v['id'] ] }) %>

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