# Trying to produce JSON that is consumable by Dojo

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-produce-json-that-is-consumable-by-dojo/161529>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 27, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-produce-json-that-is-consumable-by-dojo/161529 "2009-02-27T04:42:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-produce-json-that-is-consumable-by-dojo/161529/1 "2009-02-27T04:42:55Z")

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Folks,

When I get data in my test Rails app through a model and convert it to  
JSON e.g. Meal.find(:all).to\_json, the JSON format I get seems to be  
very different from what the dojo.data.ItemFileReadStore expects.

How can I convert the to\_json output in Rails to a format consumable by  
dojo.data.ItemFileReadStore to be displayed in dijit.form.ComboBox? Is  
there a plugin out there that can help me with this?

Thanks for your help.

-S