app.rb

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ class App < Roda
   plugin :sessions, secret: ENV.delete('APP_SESSION_SECRET')
   plugin :render, escape: true
   plugin :flash
-  plugin :json_parser
-  plugin :request_headers
 
   DB = Sequel.sqlite("db/#{ENV['DB_NAME']}")
   links = DB[:links]
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ class App < Roda
 
     r.post "create" do
       url = r.params['url']
-      if url.nil? or url.empty? 
+      if url.empty? 
         flash['message'] = "Please enter a valid URL";
         r.redirect '/'
       end
@@ -38,12 +36,8 @@ class App < Roda
         links.insert(url: url, code: code) 
         @message = "Link created"
       end
-      code = links.filter(:url => url).first[:code]
       @message ||= "Link exists"
-      @new_link = 'http://' + request.env['HTTP_HOST'] + '/' + code
-      if 'application/json' == r.headers['CONTENT_TYPE']
-        return {url: url, code: code, link: @new_link}.to_json
-      end
+      @new_link = 'http://' + request.env['HTTP_HOST'] + '/' + links.filter(:url => url).first[:code]
       view :create   
     end
   end

spec/create_spec.rb

@@ -14,14 +14,8 @@ end
 describe "Submit API request to create new link" do
   include Rack::Test::Methods
   it "should return link data in json format" do
-    data = {
-      url: 'http://google.com'
-    }
-    post('/create', data.to_json, "CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json")
-    expect(last_response).to be_ok
-    response_json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
-    expect(response_json['url']).to eq(data[:url])
-    expect(response_json['code']).not_to eq(nil)
+    post '/create'
+    last_response.should be_ok
   end
 end