Rendering partials inline requires #to_json

[pyrareae]

When calling rendering a partial a different template format, such as slim in my case, the render call needs to have #to_json called on it otherwise it returns a ruby hash instead of valid json. I didn't see any heads ups on this in the documentation so I'm not sure if this is intentional behavior or not.

For example, using jbuilder you can use something like this:

render partial: 'entry', object: @entry, formats: :json

whereas with jb you need this:

render(partial: 'entry', object: @entry, formats: :json).to_json

[sebyx07]

It is correct, because a .jb file returns a hash

[nathandrew]

I ran into this today – maybe at a minimum update the readme if it is intended to work that way.

[nathandrew]

In my case I was just looking to render a partial inside of an object:

{
  spotlight: render(partial: 'spotlight', locals: { spotlight: @spotlight })
}

That worked for me 👍🏻