I have this setup where it destroys all users but i want it not to destroy current user which is admin.
controller.
def remove_all
User.destroy_all
redirect_to(admin_users_path, { flash: { success: 'You have wiped all the data on the website!' } })
end
navigation.html
<%= link_to "Nuke Button", remove_all_profiles_path, :method => :get %>
route:
resources :profiles do
member do
get :delete
end
collection do
get 'remove_all'
end
end
I know I have to add something to the controller just don't know what to add
I'm assuming you have access to the current_user in your controller (or if not that, you know the id of the current user somehow
User.where.not(id: current_user.id).destroy_all
Note: In Rails 7 you will also be able to do
User.excluding(current_user).destroy_all
Which is a bit nicer maybe, but this doesn't work yet.
https://blog.saeloun.com/2021/03/08/rails-6-1-adds-excluding-to-active-record-relation.html
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I have an Approved column in a database which is false by default and might become true on "Approve" button click.
That's what this button look like at the moment:
<%= link_to('Approve It', #comment_path, method: :update) %>
But it raises an exception:
No route matches [POST] "/books/4/comments/6
# app/controllers/comments_controller.rb
def update
#comment = Comment.find(params[:id])
#comment.approve = true
redirect_to '/dashboard'
end
# config/routes.rb
resources :books do
resources :comments
end
How can I fix it?
link_to has to point to an existing route/action, with a proper method name. There is no :update HTTP method.
FYI: Approve action doesn't seem like it belongs to the #update method/action. You might want to extract it to a separate route like so:
resources :books do
resources :comments do
post :approve, on: :member
end
end
this is more idiomatic/common approach in Ruby because #update is usually preserved for more general object updates.
For this you will need to change :method argument value to :post and update your route/#comment_path.
Rails-ujs event handlers - this link might be useful for understanding how it works behind the scenes.
Controller Namespaces and Routing
Post / Update actions require forms
You're using a link_to. This is good for GET requests, but is no good for POST/PATCH/UPDATE requests. For that you'll have to use a form in HTML. Luckily Rails offers some short cut. You can use something like button_to:
<%= button_to "Approve", { controller: "comments", action: "update" }, remote: false, form: { "id" => #comment.id, "approved" => true } %>
This creates a form for you. Which will come with CSRF protection automatically. You can style the button however you like.
or you could use a link to:
<%= link_to comment_approved_path(#comment), method: :put %>
but then you would need to create a separate "approved" action in your controller, and a separate route to reach it.
(The above code has not been tested).
#html
<%= link_to "Approve It", book_comment_path(#comment), method: 'put' %>
# app/controllers/comments_controller.rb
def update
#comment = Comment.find(params[:id])
#comment.approve = true
#comment.save
redirect_to '/dashboard'
end
I know it is simple but I can't get my head around a solution.
It is a job board site. Lets say it's functionality similar to this site. When a user fill all required information and click "To next step" or "Preview", another page loads with all filled data. That page is similar to the final page when data is saved.
When user on preview page, it can go forward and submit the page (in this case it will be saved to DB). Or, click back to Edit the job.
I tried the following::
Within _form.html.erb I added a preview button
<%= f.submit "Preview", :name => 'preview' %>
Within JobControllers I altered create method
def create
if params[:preview]
#job = Job.new(jobs_params)
render 'jobs/preview'
else
#job.save
end
end
Created a Preview view /jobs/preview.html.erb
Now I have 2 problems.
1- Within my preview page, I have an edit button like so: <%= link_to "Edit Job", edit_job_path(#job) %>. But I have an error because I can't find #job. Error says: No route matches {:action=>"edit", :controller=>"jobs", :id=>nil} missing required keys: [:id]
SOLUTION Changed like to <%= link_to 'Back to edit', 'javascript:history.go(-1);' %>
2- How I would submit and add to my DB all information on preview page?
Thank you.
Once I've given a similar task. What I've done is to save records, but not to publish. In my index (resource listing) action of relevant controller, I only fetch published records. Also show action prechecks if that record's published attribute is set to true.
What was my model/controllers looked like before
#model
class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
...
scope :active, -> { where(published: true).some_other_queries }
self.active?
(published && some_other_requirements)
end
...
end
#controller
def index
#books = Book.active
...
end
def show
if #book.active?
render 'show'
...
else
...
end
end
First added a secret key for previews.
#model
def secret
#some custom random key generation
# e.g. Digest::MD5.hexdigest("#{id}_#{ENV['RAILS_SECRET']}")
end
Then added preview action to controller
def preview
# i don't check if the record is active.
# also added a security layer, to prevent irrelevant guys to view
# that record
if #book.secret == params[:secret]
render 'show'
else
...
end
end
In dashboard
...
= link_to "Preview", preview_book_path(book, secret: book.secret)
...
then added a member route
#routes
resources :books do
get :preview, on: :member
end
When I have to do something like this what I normally do is create a review table in my app. This table looks just like the table that is going to saving to.
When they press the "Approved" or "Save" button just populate the new table with the proper data.
I like to create a routes to handle this
resources :something do
match 'move_to_something_else' => 'somethings#move_to_something_else', as: :move_to_something_else, via: :all
end
Now on the controller we can do the following:
def move_to_something_else
#something = Something.find(params[:id])
#something_else = SomethingElse.new
#something_else.name = #something.name
....
#something_else.save
redirect_to something_else_path(#something_else)
end
Alternative you could add a state to your table with the default value of 'draft'
# config/routes.rb
resources :something do
match 'published' => 'somethings#published', as: :published, via: :all
end
# Controller
def published
#something = Something.find(params[:id])
#something.state = 'published'
#something.save
redirect_to something_path(#something)
end
I am working with rails I have a controller name books and has a user defined method in it .I need to call this method so that i can see the output on console.And I dont want to call this method in helpers.
def approve
#user=current_user.users.find params[:id]
puts '#{#usery}'
end
Also I Have a link
<%= link_to 'approve',users_path,data: { :confirm => 'Are you sure to delete the folder and all of its contents?'} %>
.When i click on this link I want to call the above method on it .
You'll just need to define a route and call it through that:
#config/routes.rb
resources :users do
get :approve, on: :member
end
<%= link_to "Approve", users_approve_path(#user) %>
As #Rich suggested that, you can achieve it by member. Please note that when you'll create a member route in member block
resources :users do
member do
get 'approve'
end
end
then you'll get the params[:id]. Like
def approve
#user = User.find params[:id]
puts '#{#user}'
end
and when create a member route using :on then you'll get params[:user_id]. Like
def approve
#user = User.find params[:user_id]
puts '#{#user}'
end
Path will be same in both cases that is
<%= link_to "Approve", users_approve_path(#user) %>
Source Rails - Adding More RESTful Actions
Happy coding !!!
I have a Rails app that is supposed to send a POST request, but for some reason is sending a GET.
View:
<% if #competition.users.exclude?(#user) %>
<%= link_to 'Attend Competition', attend_competition_path(#competition.id), :method => :post %>
<% else %>
<%= link_to 'Withdraw', withdraw_competition_path(#competition.id), :method => :post %>
<% end %>
Controller:
def attend
p current_user.daily
#competition = Competition.find(params[:id])
if #competition.users.include?(current_user)
flash[:error] = "You're already attending this competition."
elsif current_user.daily == []
flash[:error] = "You must have a working device to compete."
else
current_user.competitions << #competition
flash[:success] = "Attending competition!"
end
redirect_to #competition
end
def withdraw
p "WITHDRAWING"
#competition = Competition.find(params[:id])
p #competition
attendee = Attendee.find_by_user_id_and_competition_id(current_user.id, #competition.id)
if attendee.blank?
flash[:error] = "No current attendees"
else
attendee.delete
flash[:success] = 'You are no longer attending this competition.'
end
p attendee
redirect_to #competition
end
Routes:
resources :competitions do
post 'attend', on: :member
end
resources :competitions do
member do
post 'withdraw'
end
end
So I click on the button and go to the page, but get an error that there is no route for a GET request. There shouldn't be a route for get requests, but it should be sending a post.
ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches [GET] "/competitions/1/withdraw")
One thing you can do is to run:
rake routes
That will show you all your available routes and their methods. I believe since you are doing a post to a method other then create that it is not understanding what you are trying to do. I am looking to see if I can find the proper way to do this, but I did find that the Rails documentation says:
If you are relying on the POST behavior, you should check for it in your controller's action by using the request object's methods for post?, delete?, :patch, or put?.
So you may need to check for a post in your controller action. I looked for an example of how to do this but couldn't find anything.
Looking at your routes, it should work the way you have it. One other thing to try is to use "put" instead of "post."
One other option that you may want to consider is to make it a form and style the button like a link if that is the look you are going for.
Mike Riley
I have something like this in view:
<% if actions.include? "delete" %>
<%= link_to 'UsuĊ', asset_path(asset), :method => :delete, :data => { :confirm => "Want to delete it?" }, :role => "link" %>
<% end %>
and this in assetcontroller:
def destroy
#asset = current_user.assets.find(params[:id])
#asset.destroy
redirect_to assets_path
end
the question is, why it "use" destroy method when action in view is "delete" ?
delete is method of HTTP protocol. destroy is the action of your controller.
Route with delete HTTP method leads to destroy action.
To edit this routes and make delete HTTP method lead to delete action (for example), you should edit config/routes.rb file.
This is because in your routes.rb file you have defined the model as a resource (or a generator like scaffold did). This means that the default CRUD routes are generated. If you want to do it another way, use your own routes instead of generating them.
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#crud-verbs-and-actions