jam-cloud/admin/app/controllers/arses_controller.rb

class ArsesController < ApplicationController

  respond_to :json

  # create or update a client_artifact row
  def get_or_create
    name = params[:name]
    provider = params[:provider]
    active = params[:active]
    ip = params[:ip]
    username = params[:username]
    password = params[:password]

    ars = Ars.find_by_name(name)
    if ars.nil?
      ars = Ars.new
      ars.name = name
    end

    ars.provider = provider
    ars.active = active
    ars.ip = ip
    ars.password = password
    ars.username = username
    ars.save

    @ars = ars
    unless @ars.errors.any?
      @ars = Ars.find_by_name(name)
      render :json => {id_int: @ars.id_int, id: @ars.id, name: @ars.name, provider: @ars.provider, active: @ars.active, ip: @ars.ip}, :status => :ok
    else
      response.status = :unprocessable_entity
      respond_with @ars
    end

  end
end