Move statusmessage create view out to partial

app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb

@@ -42,20 +42,7 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
       end
 
       respond_to do |format|
-        format.js { render :json => {:post_id => @status_message.id,
+        format.js { render :create, :status => 201}
-                                     :html => render_to_string(
-                                       :partial => 'shared/stream_element',
-                                       :locals => {
-                                         :post => @status_message,
-                                         :person => @status_message.person,
-                                         :photos => @status_message.photos,
-                                         :comments => [],
-                                         :all_aspects => current_user.aspects,
-                                         :current_user => current_user
-                                       }
-                                     )
-        },
-                           :status => 201 }
         format.html { redirect_to :back}
         format.mobile{ redirect_to :back}
       end

app/views/status_messages/create.js.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<%= {:html =>  render(
+    :partial => 'shared/stream_element',
+    :locals => {
+      :post => @status_message,
+      :person => @status_message.person,
+      :photos => @status_message.photos,
+      :comments => [],
+      :all_aspects => current_user.aspects
+    }
+  ),
+  :post_id => @status_message.id}.to_json.html_safe%>

spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb

@@ -59,10 +59,24 @@ describe StatusMessagesController do
         },
       :aspect_ids => [@aspect1.id.to_s] }
     }
-    it 'responds to js requests' do
+    context 'js requests' do
+      it 'responds' do
         post :create, status_message_hash.merge(:format => 'js')
         response.status.should == 201
       end
+      it 'responds with json' do
+        post :create, status_message_hash.merge(:format => 'js')
+        json = JSON.parse(response.body)
+        json['post_id'].should_not be_nil
+        json['html'].should_not be_nil
+      end
+      it 'escapes XSS' do
+        xss = "<script> alert('hi browser') </script>"
+        post :create, status_message_hash.merge(:format => 'js', :message => xss)
+        json = JSON.parse(response.body)
+        json['html'].should_not =~ /<script>/
+      end
+    end
 
     it "dispatches the post to the specified services" do
       s1 = Services::Facebook.new