Unable to convert unpermitted parameters to hash - ruby-on-rails

I've followed multiple stack overflow posts regarding this same issue, but I don't think I have the rails proficiency to know how to apply these fixes to my code.
Been following an old railscast show: http://railscasts.com/episodes/217-multistep-forms
And I'm aware that the issue is something to do with permitting objects/hashes but I just don't understand it all.
The error I'm getting is from this line of code in my controller:
session[:zerch_params].deep_merge!(params[:zerch]) if params[:zerch]
Controller
class ZerchesController < InheritedResources::Base
def index
#zerches = Zerch.all
end
def show
#zerch = Zerch.find(params[:id])
end
def new
session[:zerch_params] ||= {}
#zerch = Zerch.new(session[:zerch_params])
#zerch.current_step = session[:zerch_step]
end
def create
session[:zerch_params].deep_merge!(params[:zerch]) if params[:zerch]
#zerch = Zerch.new(session[:zerch_params])
#zerch.current_step = session[:zerch_step]
if #zerch.valid?
if params[:back_button]
#zerch.previous_step
elsif #zerch.last_step?
#zerch.save if #zerch.all_valid?
else
#zerch.next_step
end
session[:zerch_step] = #zerch.current_step
end
if #zerch.new_record?
render "new"
else
session[:zerch_step] = session[:zerch_params] = nil
flash[:notice] = "zerch complete!"
redirect_to #zerch
end
end
private
def zerch_params
params.require(:zerch).permit(:location, :category, :price)
end
end

So I was able to solve this from the model and in the controller:
I still had
attr_accessor
while also having params in private. I removed this, and also in the controller I changed the line of code from this:
session[:zerch_params].deep_merge!(params[:zerch]) if params[:zerch]
to this:
session[:zerch_params].deep_merge!(params.permit![:zerch]) if params[:zerch]

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undefined method `<<' for #<Answer::ActiveRecord_Relation:0x007fada31c7430>

Hi I create a controller Game to display a Q/A game
And I am blocked with <<, here is the code
def play
lvlup(lvl)
if lvl == 1
set_questions
else
get_questions
end
#answers = Answer.where.not(id: question.answer_id).limit(2).order("RANDOM()")
#answer ||= []
#answers << question.answer
#answers = #answers.shuffle
render 'play'
end
I create an array and I put the related answer in the global answers I want to display 4 Max.
Why does the undefined is here?
Here is the total code
class GamesController < ApplicationController
attr_accessor :lvl
def welcome
end
def congrat
end
def play
lvlup(lvl)
if lvl == 1
set_questions
else
get_questions
end
#answers = Answer.where.not(id: question.answer_id).limit(2).order("RANDOM()")
#answer ||= []
#answers << question.answer
#answers = #answers.shuffle
render 'play'
end
def loose
#question = Question.find(params[:question])
flash.now[:alert] = "Miss..."
render 'loose'
end
def check
#lvl = params[:lvl].to_i
answer_id = params[:id].to_i
question = Question.find(params[:question])
if #lvl == lvlmax
render action: 'congrat' and return
elsif answer_id == question.answer_id
flash.now[:notice] = "Well done !"
play
else answer_id != question.answer_id
loose
end
end
private
def lvlup(value)
#lvl = 1 + value.to_i
end
def lvlmax
#lvlmax = Question.all.count
end
def set_questions
#questionsids = []
Question.all.shuffle.each do |d|
#questionsids << d.id
end
cookies[:questions] = #questionsids
end
def get_questions
#questions = cookies[:questions].split('&')
end
def questions
#questions = cookies[:questions]
end
def question
#question = Question.find(questions[lvl])
end
end
Thank you for your help.
You are trying to append to the #answers result - this is an ActiveRecord relation, you cannot append data to that array.
Add .to_a in the end of your line where you set #answers to allow you to append to the array.
#answers = Answer.where.not(id: question.answer_id).limit(2).order("RANDOM()").to_a
mtrolle's answer might be correct, but I have my doubts as to why ActiveRecord::Relation was not returned as Array by default. (Also as mentioned by BroiStatse in his comment.)
I too noticed the same problem with my local setup however it was attributed to another issue all together. I am sharing this here in case you too happen to use MySQL.
Answer.where.not(id: question.answer_id).limit(2).order("RANDOM()")
returns an ActiveRecord::Relation object. And it translates to following SQL:
SELECT `answers`.* FROM `answers` WHERE (id != ID) ORDER BY RANDOM() LIMIT 2
When I try running the same in MySQL, I get:
ERROR 1305 (42000): FUNCTION database.RANDOM does not exist
Apparently MySQL does not have RANDOM() function, instead it uses RAND().
Converting ActiveRecord query accordingly returned correct Array to me:
Answer.where.not(id: question.answer_id).limit(2).order("RAND()")

Query fetches wrong value and NilClass in rails controller

Hi in the following code although the where query inside create method i.e. variable #count_of_fav_texts_present fetches 1 record in the rails console, but in controller the value of #count_of_fav_texts_present is zero and going inside the first if clause.
Also in the internal if clause the query for find_by i.e variable var_fav_text is giving NilClass. Although when I check it in console the value is not Nil, and it has one record.
I am very new to Rails and I am not sure what mistake I am making. Please help.
class NewfavoriteTextsController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_text
before_action :set_favgroup
before_action :authenticate_user!
def create
#count_of_fav_texts_present = Favorite.where(favorited_id: #text_id, user_id: current_user.id).count
if #count_of_fav_texts_present == 0
if Favorite.create(favorited: #text, user: current_user)
if Newfavorite.create(favorite_group_id: #fav_group, newfavorited: #text)
var_fav_text = Favorite.find_by(favorited_id: #text_id, user_id: current_user.id)
cnt_of_var = var_fav_text.counter
var_fav_text.counter = cnt_of_var + 1
var_fav_text.save
else
# do something
end
else
# do something
end
else
# for condition when var is greater than 0
if Newfavorite.create(favorite_group_id: #fav_group, newfavorited: #text)
var_fav_text = Favorite.find_by(favorited_id: #text_id, user_id: current_user.id)
cnt_of_var = var_fav_text.counter
var_fav_text.counter = cnt_of_var + 1
var_fav_text.save
else
# do something
end
end
end
def destroy
# do something
end
private
def set_text
#text = Text.find(params[:text_id] || params[:id])
end
def set_favgroup
#fav_group = params[:fav_group_id]
end
end
Thanks in advance.

One method for two models. How to pass name of model as variable to controller?

I have two methods in two different controllers (Posts & Boards). They are almost same. The difference is only model-instance-association name. To DRY this I think to write the method in module, but how to share it between Post and Board?
def init_post_comments
#user = current_user
a = #user.posts.pluck(:id) # not very nice...
b=params[:post_ids] ||= []
b = b.map(&:to_i)
follow = b - a
unfollow = a - b
follow.each do |id| # checkbox just checked
#post = Post.find_by_id(id)
if #post.users.empty?
#post.update_attribute(:new_follow, true)
end
#user.posts << #post
end
unfollow.each do |id| # if checkbox was unchecked
#post = Post.find_by_id(id)
remove_post_from_user(#post)# here we destroy association
end
if follow.size > 0
get_post_comments_data
end
redirect_to :back
end
UPDATE Ok, if I'll move the methods to model's concern how I should work with associations here? Here #user.posts.pluck(:id) and here #user.boards.pluck(:id) with what I can replace posts and boards so it can work with both of them?
So, I did it! I don't know if it's right way, but I DRY this code.
Two controllers:
posts_controller.rb
def init_comments
if Post.comments_manipulator(current_user, params[:post_ids] ||= []) > 0
#posts = Post.new_post_to_follow
code = []
#posts.each do |post|
group = post.group
code = code_constructor('API.call')
end
Post.comments_init(get_request(code), #posts)
end
redirect_to :back
end
boards_controller.rb
def init_comments
if Board.comments_manipulator(current_user, params[:board_ids] ||= []) > 0
#boards = Board.new_board_to_follow
code = []
#boards.each do |board|# подготовка запроса
group = board.group
code = code_constructor('API.call')
end
Board.comments_init(get_request(code), #boards)
end
redirect_to :back
end
As you can see they are absolutely same.
In models board.rb and post.rb - include CommentsInitializer
And in models\concerns
module CommentsInitializer
extend ActiveSupport::Concern
module ClassMethods
def comments_manipulator(user, ids)
relationship = self.name.downcase + 's'
a = user.send(relationship).pluck(:id)
b = ids.map(&:to_i)
follow = b - a
unfollow = a - b
follow.each do |id| # start to follow newly checked obj
#obj = self.find_by_id(id)
if #obj.users.empty?
#obj.update_attribute(:new_follow, true)
end
user.send(relationship) << #obj
end
unfollow.each do |id| # remove from following
#obj = self.find_by_id(id)
remove_assoc_from_user(#obj, user)#destroy relation with current user
end
follow.size
end
def comments_init(comments, objs)
i = 0
objs.each do |obj| # updating comments data
if comments[i]['count'] == 0
obj.update(new_follow: false)
else
obj.update(new_follow: false, last_comment_id: comments[i]['items'][0]['id'])
end
i += 1
end
end
def remove_assoc_from_user(obj, user)
user = user.id
if user
obj.users.delete(user)
end
end
end
My code works. If you know how to make it better please answer!

Nokogiri Scraping In Rails

So I have this code in my index action, would love to move it to a model, just a little confused on how to do it.
Original Code
def index
urls = %w[http://cltampa.com/blogs/potlikker http://cltampa.com/blogs/artbreaker http://cltampa.com/blogs/politicalanimals http://cltampa.com/blogs/earbuds http://cltampa.com/blogs/dailyloaf http://cltampa.com/blogs/bedpost]
#final_images = []
#final_urls = []
urls.each do |url|
blog = Nokogiri::HTML(open(url))
images = blog.xpath('//*[#class="postBody"]/div[1]//img/#src')
images.each do |image|
#final_images << image
end
story_path = blog.xpath('//*[#class="postTitle"]/a/#href')
story_path.each do |path|
#final_urls << path
end
end
end
I tested this code in my model and it works perfectly for one url, just not sure how to integrate all of the urls like the original code.
New Code
Model
class Photocloud < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_reader :url, :data
def initialize(url)
#url = url
end
def data
#data ||= Nokogiri::HTML(open(url))
end
def get_elements(path)
data.xpath(path)
end
end
Controller
def index
#scraper = Photocloud.new('http://cltampa.com/blogs/artbreaker')
#photos = #scraper.get_elements('//*[#class="postBody"]/div[1]//img/#src')
#story_urls = #scraper.get_elements('//*[#class="postBody"]/div[1]//img/#src')
end
My main questions are how would I initialize multiple urls and loop through them like my original code. I have tried different things but feel like I have hit a wall. I need to save them to the database, but would like to get this working first. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Updated Controller - WIP
def index
start_urls = %w[http://cltampa.com/blogs/potlikker
http://cltampa.com/blogs/artbreaker
http://cltampa.com/blogs/politicalanimals
http://cltampa.com/blogs/earbuds
http://cltampa.com/blogs/dailyloaf
http://cltampa.com/blogs/bedpost]
#scraper = Photocloud.new(start_urls)
#images =
#paths =
end
Need some help with this part...
It seems that you don't persist scraped images and paths to the database so Photocloud doesn't need to inherit from ActiveRecord::Base - it can be just a plain old ruby object (PORO):
class Photocloud
attr_reader :start_urls
attr_accessor :images, :paths
def initialize(start_urls)
#start_urls = start_urls
#images = []
#paths = []
end
def scrape
start_urls.each do |start_url|
blog = Nokogiri::HTML(open(url))
scrape_images(blog)
scrape_paths(blog)
end
end
private
def scrape_images(blog)
images = blog.xpath('//*[#class="postBody"]/div[1]//img/#src')
images.each do |image|
images << image
end
end
def scrape_paths(blog)
story_path = blog.xpath('//*[#class="postTitle"]/a/#href')
story_path.each do |path|
paths << path
end
end
end
In controller:
scraper = Photocloud.new(start_urls)
scraper.scrape
#images = scraper.images
#paths = scraper.paths
This is only one of the possibilities how you could structure code, of course.

better way to build association in controller

I need a link in a show method of a parent class for creating associated models, so I have the code:
link_to "incomplete", new_polymorphic_path(part_c.underscore, :survey_id => survey.id)
in a helper.
This links to a part, which has new code like this:
# GET /source_control_parts/new
def new
get_collections
if params[:survey_id]
#s = Survey.find(params[:survey_id])
if #s.blank?
#source_control_part = SourceControlPart.new
else
#source_control_part = #s.create_source_control_part
end
else
#source_control_part = SourceControlPart.new
end
end
I know this is not very DRY. How can I simplify this? Is there a RAILS way?
How about this:
def new
get_collections
get_source_control_part
end
private
def get_source_control_part
survey = params[:survey_id].blank? ? nil : Survey.find(params[:survey_id])
#source_control_part = survey ? survey.create_source_control_part : SourceControlPart.new
end

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