RAILS API POST how to structure the call - ruby-on-rails

Question

I'm trying to work out how to use a post api I have created. I'm using the form-data input type in the PostMan chrome plugin and it can get data created into the DB but when I try to structure the raw API the post is successful but it doesn't identify the values (and therefore inserts a blank record into the DB).
My controller code:
def create
#newProduct = Product.new
if #newProduct.create(product_params)
render json: {error: "Product created"}
else
render json: {error: "Product failed to create"}
end
end
def product_params
params.require(:product).permit(:name, :brand)
end
I have tried the following
{"brand"=>"wut",
"name"=>"asdasd"}
[
{
"name":"name1",
"brand" : "brand"
}
]
EDIT:
Using:
{ "product"=>{"name"=>"some name", "brand"=>"some brand"} }
and the following controller:
def create
#newProduct = Product.create(params[:product])
if #newProduct.save
render json: {message: "Product created"}
else
render json: {error: "Product failed to create"}
end
end
private
def product_params
params.require(:product).permit(:name, :brand)
end
I still get empty records being entered
Any ideas?
Thanks

Answer 1

def create
#newProduct = Product.new(product_params) #do .new here .create does new and save in 1 step
if #newProduct.save
render json: {message: "Product created"}
else
render json: {error: "Product failed to create"}
end
end
private
def product_params
params.require(:product).permit(:name, :brand)
end
If you're formatting the raw post data you may need to do something like this product%5Bname%5D=test+name&product%5Bbrand%5D=test+brand but that is probably not the case as you aren't getting a 400 error, this is the escaped version of this product[name]=test name&product[brand]=test brand