controller: Merge pull request #4 from flynn/crud-empty-array

Render an empty JSON array when crud lists are empty
flynn · Apr 24, 2014 · 6816c06 · 6816c06
2 parents 380cb19 + d0ebcc0
commit 6816c06
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diff --git a/crud.go b/crud.go
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ func crud(resource string, example interface{}, repo Repository, r martini.Route
 			r.JSON(500, struct{}{})
 			return
 		}
+		// render an empty JSON array (rather than null) if list is nil
+		if list == nil {
+			list = []struct{}{}
+		}
 		r.JSON(200, list)
 	})