angular-create-app.rb

# app.rb
  # create new quote + author
  post '/quotes' do
    begin
      params.merge! JSON.parse(request.env["rack.input"].read)
    rescue JSON::ParserError
      logger.error "Cannot parse request body."
    end
    @author = Author.find_or_create_by(params[:author])
    @author.quotes.build(:body => params[:body])
    @author.save!
    redirect '/'
  end