# Inlining js responses from an action

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inlining-js-responses-from-an-action/175476>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 14, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inlining-js-responses-from-an-action/175476 "2009-09-14T14:14:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![indigo0086](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@indigo0086](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/indigo0086)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inlining-js-responses-from-an-action/175476/1 "2009-09-14T14:14:02Z")

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I am learning rails and encountered the respond\_to for a javascript  
response, and was wondering if there is a way to inline it within the  
actual respond\_to block as opposde to cluttering up my project  
directory with rjs files that only have one line of code. Is there a  
way to execute javascript insde the respond\_to block rather than  
returning an rjs file?

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**Author:** ![indigo0086](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@indigo0086](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/indigo0086)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inlining-js-responses-from-an-action/175476/2 "2009-09-14T14:15:12Z")

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On Sep 14, 12:33 pm, indigo0086 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I am learning rails and encountered the respond\_to for a javascript  
> response, and was wondering if there is a way to inline it within the  
> actual respond\_to block as opposde to cluttering up my project  
> directory with rjs files that only have one line of code. Is there a  
> way to execute javascript insde the respond\_to block rather than  
> returning an rjs file?

That’s what render :update does.

Fred

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**Author:** ![indigo0086](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@indigo0086](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/indigo0086)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inlining-js-responses-from-an-action/175476/3 "2009-09-15T00:07:06Z")

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Awesome, thanks

On Sep 14, 8:13 am, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)