Merge pull request #3035 from oblakeerickson/update_username_return_json

Update username should return a json response

app/controllers/users_controller.rb

@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
     result = user.change_username(params[:new_username])
     raise Discourse::InvalidParameters.new(:new_username) unless result
 
-    render nothing: true
+    render json: {
+      id: user.id,
+      username: user.username
+    }
   end
 
   def check_emails

spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb

@@ -636,6 +636,11 @@ describe UsersController do
         response.should be_success
       end
 
+      it 'should return a JSON response with the updated username' do
+        xhr :put, :username, username: user.username, new_username: new_username
+        ::JSON.parse(response.body)['username'].should == new_username
+      end
+
     end
   end