Return a status in JSON format by the id parameter. The author is ret…

…urned inline.

app/controllers/api/statuses_controller.rb

@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ class StatusesController < ApplicationController
     #
     before_filter :require_user
 
+    def show 
+      @update = Update.first(:id => params[:id])
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.json do
+          render :json => UpdateJsonDecorator.decorate(@update)
+        end
+      end
+    end
     #
     # POST /api/statuses/update.json
     #

config/routes.rb

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
   resources :updates, :only => [:index, :show, :create, :destroy]
   match "/timeline", :to => "updates#timeline"
   match "/replies", :to => "updates#replies"
-
   # Search
   resource :search, :only => :show
 
@@ -77,5 +76,6 @@
     match 'statuses/home_timeline.:format', :to => "statuses#home_timeline", :via => :get, :constraints => { :format => "json" }
     match 'statuses/user_timeline.:format', :to => "statuses#user_timeline", :via => :get, :constraints => { :format => "json" }
     match 'statuses/mention.:format', :to => "statuses#mention", :via => :get, :constraints => { :format => "json" }
+    match "statuses/show/:id", :to => "statuses#show"
   end
 end

test/acceptance/json_api/statuses_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require 'require_relative' if RUBY_VERSION[0,3] == '1.8'
+require_relative '../acceptance_helper'
+
+describe "JSON get statos" do
+  include AcceptanceHelper
+
+  it "returns the update" do
+    log_in_as_some_user
+    status = Fabricate(:update)
+    visit "/api/statuses/show/#{status.id}.json"
+    parsed_json = JSON.parse(source)
+    parsed_json["text"].must_equal(status.text)
+  end
+end