Rails4: How to permit a hash with dynamic keys in params?

Question

I make a http put request with following parameters:

{"post"=>{"files"=>{"file1"=>"file_content_1", "file2"=>"file_content_2"}}, "id"=>"4"}

and i need to permit hash array in my code. based on manuals I've tried like these:

> params.require(:post).permit(:files) # does not work > params.require(:post).permit(:files => {}) # does not work, empty hash as result > params.require(:post).permit! # works, but all params are enabled 

How to make it correctly?

UPD1: file1, file2 - are dynamic keys

Answer 1

Rails 5.1+

params.require(:post).permit(:files => {}) 

Rails 5

params.require(:post).tap do |whitelisted|   whitelisted[:files] = params[:post][:files].permit! end 

Rails 4 and below

params.require(:post).tap do |whitelisted|   whitelisted[:files] = params[:post][:files] end