some basic api functionality with a few gotchas

app/controllers/api/v1/users_controller.rb

@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@ class Api::V1::UsersController < ApplicationController
      respond_to :json
     
      def index
-      respond_with @user
+       # We removed the .as_json code from the model, just seemed like extra work.
+       # dunno, maybe useful at a later time?
+       #respond_with @user.admin ? User.all.as_json : @user.as_json
+       
+       respond_with @user.admin ? User.all : @user
+     end
+     
+     def show
+       respond_with @user.as_json
      end
      
 private

app/models/user.rb

@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     "#{self.first_name} #{self.last_name}"
   end
   
+=begin
+  # Instead of the entire user object being returned, we can use this to filter.
+  def as_json
+    super(only: [:user_id, :email, :first_name, :last_name])
+  end
+=end
+
 private
 
   def self.authenticate(email, password)