Ruby-on-Rails: Help with render: layout => false -

i trying access rails app resource api (it sends application/xml request) , not have parse xml file.

in resources controller have following:

def get_resource     @my_resource = resources.new     render :xml => @my_resource end 

which produces xml file expected. if replace with:

render :layout => false 

my api reports "template missing" error. i've tried following:

render :xml => @identity, :layout => false 

but page renders anyway. what's right way go this?

when render :xml, not use layout because doesn't use template either. specifying :layout => false, tell rails template not exist.

now, if don't want parse xml file, have few alternatives. either:

render :json => @my_resource 

or

render :text => "my resource name is: #{@my_resource.name}" # whatever want 

it depends on how want result look, api expects receive. if don't find of helpful, give example of how want response look.