hideDebugInformation still displays debug info

[marshmob]

trying to return json but cant suppress debug info. Can do it a a server level but am having difficulty within the app (in development mode).

function index() {
urls=model("url").findAll(returnAs = "structs");
renderWith(data = urls, hideDebugInformation = "true", layout = "false");
}

JSON is there in response but getting lost in the subsequent debug info

{"1":{"sortorder":"","description":"bbb","title":"eee","id":1,"url":"https://wheels.dev/docs"},"2":{"sortorder":"","description":"lll","title":"eeekkk","id":2,"url":"localhost/urls"}}

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</plaintext></script></textarea></title></xmp> <style type="text/css"> .cfdebug { color:black; background-color:white;

does anyone have a suggestion to help my sanity

[zainforbjs]

@marshmob I tried your approach with this controller code:

component extends="Controller" {
    function index() {
        urls=model("user").findAll(returnAs = "structs");
        renderWith(data = urls, hideDebugInformation = false, layout = "false");
    }
}

and this view code:

<cfcontent type="application/json">
<cfoutput>
#serializeJSON(urls)#
</cfoutput>

when the hideDebugInformation is set to false then it prints the wheels debug footer with the json:

but when the hideDebugInformation is set to true then it prints only the json:

i have my site set to development mode so it seems to be working correctly.

[marshmob]

Got there in the end. Made 2 mistakes:

1. assumed that renderwith didn't need a view (rookie mistake) so I didn't pay attention to the cli generated view that existed
2. there are 2 debug areas: wheels - hideDebugInformation in controller and coldfusion - showdebugoutput in view. Setting both to false and layout=false gives me the correct JSON only
   Thanks for your prompt response

[zainforbjs]

Glad you got it working!

Yes, renderWith() still expects a view unless you explicitly provide the content, so the CLI-generated view can be easy to overlook.

And good catch on the debug output — both the Wheels hideDebugInformation setting and the ColdFusion showdebugoutput setting can affect the final response. Disabling both (along with layout=false) is usually the right approach when returning clean JSON.

Thanks for following up with the solution — it’ll definitely help others who run into the same thing.