4 files changed, 37 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/app/controllers/controller_extension/json_responses.rb b/app/controllers/controller_extension/json_responses.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da1ae58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/controller_extension/json_responses.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+module ControllerExtension::JsonResponses
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  private
+
+  def success(key)
+    json_message :success, key
+  end
+
+  def error(key)
+    json_message :error, key
+  end
+
+  def json_message(type, key)
+    long_key = "#{controller_string}.#{action_string}.#{key}"
+    { type => key.to_s,
+      :message => I18n.t(long_key, cascade: true) }
+  end
+
+  def controller_string
+    self.class.name.underscore.
+      sub(/_controller$/, '').
+      sub(/^v\d\//, '')
+  end
+
+  def action_string
+    params[:action]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/messages_controller.rb
index a9b93a9..a496378 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/messages_controller.rb
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ module V1
       if message = Message.find(params[:id])
         message.mark_as_read_by(current_user)
         message.save
-        render json: true
+        render json: success(:marked_as_read)
       else
-        render json: false
+        render json: error(:not_found), status: :not_found
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/message.rb b/app/models/message.rb
index 424f094..2478f3f 100644
--- a/app/models/message.rb
+++ b/app/models/message.rb
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ class Message < CouchRest::Model::Base
   def unread_by?(user)
     user_ids_to_show.include?(user.id)
   end
+
+  def as_json(*args, &block)
+    {"id" => id, "text" => text}.as_json(*args, &block)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 6bc5841..9ac7d3d 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -92,12 +92,9 @@ class User < CouchRest::Model::Base
     Ticket.for_user(self).limit(count).all #defaults to having most recent updated first
   end
 
-  def messages(unseen = true)
+  def messages
     #TODO for now this only shows unseen messages. Will we ever want seen ones? Is it necessary to store?
-
-    # we don't want to emit all the userids associated with a message, so only emit id and text.
-    Message.by_user_ids_to_show.key(self.id).map { |message| [message.id, message.text] }
-
+    Message.by_user_ids_to_show.key(self.id)
   end
 
   # DEPRECATED