I am having trouble sending data through HTTP REST. When I try and POST json data through the chrome extension 'Simple REST Client' I get a 500 internal server error stating "The document does not have a valid root". When I curl I get a 406 error. But when I leave the data filed empty in both the client and curl a blank document is created! I have changed the json text to every possible valid combination and putting the data back in that the GET produces but no luck!

My controller code is:

def create
  @verify= Verify.new(params[:verify])

  respond_to do |format|
    if @verify.save
      format.html { redirect_to( :back, :notice => 'Verified') }
      format.json { render :json => @verify, :status => :created, :location => @verify}
    else
      format.html { render :action => "new" }
      format.xml  { render :xml => @verify.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
      format.json  { render :json => @verify.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
    end
  end
end

Sample json

http://localhost:3000/verifies.json

I'm using Mongoid and Devise gems (tried removing before_filter from controller but that made no difference).

Tried adding include_root_in_json: true to mongoid.yml but that had no effect.

Any ideas?