create fruits route

app/controllers/fruits_controller.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 class FruitsController < ApplicationController
+    skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token
+
     def index
         # render({ :json => { :message => 'hi', :status => 200 } })
         # render json: message: 'hi', status: 200 # doesn't work because nested objects are unguessable
@@ -8,4 +10,8 @@ class FruitsController < ApplicationController
     def show
         render json: Fruit.find(params[:id])
     end
+
+    def create
+        render json: Fruit.create(params["fruit"])
+    end
 end

app/models/fruit.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Fruit
     else
         DB = PG.connect(host: "localhost", port: 5432, dbname: 'simplerails')
     end
-    
+
     def initialize(opts = {})
         @id = opts["id"].to_i
         @name = opts["name"]
@@ -22,4 +22,9 @@ class Fruit
         results = DB.exec("SELECT * FROM fruits WHERE id=#{id};")
         return Fruit.new(results.first)
     end
+
+    def self.create(opts={})
+        results = DB.exec("INSERT INTO fruits (name, color, readytoeat) VALUES ( '#{opts["name"]}', '#{opts["color"]}', #{opts["readyToEat"]} );")
+        return Fruit.new(opts)
+    end
 end

config/routes.rb

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   get '/fruits', to: 'fruits#index'
   # get('/fruits', { :to => 'fruits#index' })
   get '/fruits/:id', to: 'fruits#show'
+  post '/fruits', to: 'fruits#create'
 end