Rails HEAD

console

curl -I http://localhost:3000/posts.json\?per_page\=20\&page\=1

development.log

10:00:32 web.1      | cache: [HEAD /posts.json?per_page=20&page=1] miss
10:00:32 web.1      | 
10:00:32 web.1      | 
10:00:32 web.1      | Started GET "/posts.json?per_page=20&page=1" for 127.0.0.1 at 2012-05-04 10:00:30 -0400
10:00:32 web.1      |   Processing by V2::PostsController#index as JSON
10:00:32 web.1      |   Parameters: {"per_page"=>"20", "page"=>"1", "event_id"=>"18545"}
10:00:32 web.1      |   
10:00:32 web.1      | test: GET

posts_controller.rb

def index

  Rails.logger.info "test: #{request.method}" # This will return GET
  
  if head? # This will return FALSE
   ...do head stuff
  else
   ... do get stuff
  end

end

routes.rb

resources :posts