Error occurred while evaluating nil.accepts

Rails
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I have an index method with a respond_to block that produces this
error:

NoMethodError (You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!
The error occurred while evaluating nil.accepts):

The show method has the same respond_to block but doesn’t error out.
If I take the respond_to block out of the index method, it works.

If I give index params[:keywords] I get this error:

Amazon::Search::Request::TypeError (non-existent/unimplemented search
type: accepts):

Any advice?

Thanks,
–Dean

def index
unless params[:keywords].nil?
@books = Array.new
request = Amazon::Search::Request.new( DEV_TOKEN, ASSOCIATE_ID,
‘us’ )
response = request.keyword_search( params[:keywords] ) do |
product|
@books.push( Book.new( ) )
end
end
respond_to do |f|
f.html { }
f.js { }
end
end

def show
@book = Book.find(params[:id])
respond_to do |f|
f.html { }
f.xml { render :xml => @book.to_xml }
f.js { }
end
end