Rails render head vs. status

Question

What's the difference between render head :ok vs. render status :ok in Rails? They both get returned as the header right?

Answer 1

There is no difference really. The Rails doc says this about head:

The head method can be used to send responses with only headers to the browser. The head method accepts a number or symbol (see reference table) representing an HTTP status code

head :ok sets render to return just the header with status 200.

It's merely a shorthand for render nothing: true, status: :ok.

Rails 5 will also do head :no_content by default when you don't have a template defined for an action