CRUD model in rails without using resource and scaffold - ruby-on-rails

I'm new to rails, and I've already learnt how to do CRUD using scaffold and using resource, I wanna know how to Do CRUD without using resource, However what I want to do is create custom methods for CRUD in the controller that will be like the traditional CRUD model. Please help me with this.

Actually, for the action index / new / show / create / edit / update / destroy, this is a convention in Ruby On Rails
If I'm right and if you're trying to change their name using resources in routes.rb (Changing by exemple the new action into def my_restaurant), Rails will render
Unknown action The action 'new' could not be found for
RestaurantsController
Netherless, you can create some methods to perform some particular action into the index, and add them in the "private section" you want to hide them to the public. There is no routes attach to this method.
class RestaurantsController < ApplicationController
def index
#restautants = Restaurant.all
#restaurants.sort_by_name
end
private
def sort_by_name
#some action here
end
end
If you want to create your own name method, you can personnalise it but you can't use resources "shortcut" in the routes.rb
by exemple :
#reviews_controller.rb
class ReviewsController < AplicationController
def index
#reviews = Reviews.all
end
def update
#review = Review.find(review_params[:id])
end
def history
#some action
end
private
def review_params
params.require(:review).permit(:liked, :comment, :id)
end
end
Then add a view
#app/views/reviews/history.html.erb
Don't forget the routes :
Rails.application.routes.draw do
resources :reviews, only: [:index, :update] do
collection do
get :history
end
end
end
I hope this will help you and complete the previous answer.
as for your second question :
I still do have one doubt tho..... Will <%= form_for #post do |f| %>
this form be enough for new_post and edit_post, will it automatically
identify them? If that's not enough can you please tell me the what
comes at new_post.html.erb and edit_post.html.erb....Thanks again for
the help.
If the form is the same for your new_post and edit_post, i may suggest you to put into a partial file. (For this example I used simple_form gem)
#app/views/posts/_form.html.erb
<%= simple_form_for(#post) do |f| %>
<%= f.input :name, label: "post name" %>
<%= f.input :photo, as: :file %>
<%= f.submit "Save", class:"btn btn-small btn-success" %>
<% end %>
and then render the partial in your views new file.
#app/views/posts/new.html.erb
<div>
<h1>New Post</h1>
</div>
<%= render "form" %>
Well I hope I could help you with this answer.
Do not hesitate too to read ruby documention. You may find more information that you're looking for too.
My answer may be redundant but it's the better way for me to clearly explain it...

In oder to use your own custom methods you need to create them in your controller, setup the route and if needed create an view.
# PostsController
def create_post
# Do your create stuff here
end
def read_post
# Do your read stuff here
end
def update_post
# Do your update stuff here
end
def delete_post
# Do your delete stuff here
end
# routes
post '/create_post', to: 'posts#create_post'
get '/read_post/:id', to: 'posts#read_post'
put '/update_post/:id', to: 'posts#update_post'
delete 'delete_post/:id', to: 'posts#delete_post'
With the controller and routes setup you will only need a view for the read_post method. The best way to do that is create the file: views/posts/read_post.html.erb

There is 7 CRUD routes to Create, Read, Update and Delete.
Rails.application.routes.draw do
get "restaurants", to: "restaurants#index"
get "restaurants/new", to: "restaurants#new", as: :new_restaurant
post "restaurants", to: "restaurants#create"
# NB: The `show` route needs to be *after* `new` route.
get "restaurants/:id", to: "restaurants#show", as: :restaurant
get "restaurants/:id/edit", to: "restaurants#edit", as: :edit_restaurant
patch "restaurants/:id", to: "restaurants#update"
delete "restaurants/:id", to: "restaurants#destroy"
end
So once the route create, you can create in the controller, the action that you need
class RestaurantsController < ApplicationController
def index
#restaurants = Restaurant.all
end
end
and the view
app/views/restaurants/index.html.erb.
The best practice is to create only the routes that you will need and to work in silos.
1 route, 1 controller action, 1 view.

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What is the best way to allow several methods on the controller without adding on routes?

Hi everybody I'm from the old school using rails 2.
Actually I'm using rails 4 and I'm trying to find a way to create methods on the controller without writting
On RAILS 2 used: (only needed to write the name on the controller)
#controller
def report_a
end
def report_b
end
def report_c
end
...and whatever def
#ROUTES
map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'
On RAILS 4
#controller
def report_a
end
def report_b
end
def report_c
end
#ROUTES
match ':controller(/:action(/:id(.:format)))', :via => [:get, :post]
The problem is when I create a view report like this: (views/reports/report_a.html.erb)
<%= form_tag :action=>"report_a" do %>
<% end %>
I get this message:
No route matches [GET] "/reports/report_a"
To resolve this issue and doing Rails instruccions works like this:
#controller
def report_a
#users= User.search(params[:name])
end
def result_report_a
#users= User.search(params[:name])
end
#view/reports/report_a.html.erb
<%= form_tag :action=>"result_report_a" do %>
<% end %>
#routes.rb
get "reports#report_a"
post "reports#result_report_a"
get "reports#report_b"
post "reports#result_report_b"
get "reports#report_c"
post "reports#result_report_c"
Also I found this better way:
#controller reports.rb
def search_report_a
report_a
render :report_a
end
def report_a
#users = User.where(:name=>params[:name])
end
def search_report_b
report_b
render :report_b
end
def report_b
#users = User.where(:address=>params[:address])
end
...
#Routes.rb
resources :users do
match 'search_report_a', :via => [:post,:get], :on => :collection
match 'search_report_b', :via => [:post,:get], :on => :collection
...
end
Is there any other way to create methods without adding all inside ROUTES.RB ?
Any suggestions or the only way is adding get and post?
Imagine a case where you have several methods.
Best approach in Rails is to use REST architecture. Your controller should be able to view, create, update and destroy some resource (of course all actions are not mandatory).
For example:
def ReportsController
def index
# Actions to show links to all possible reports
end
def show
# Show report based on params
end
end
Your #show method may show any of report (report_a, report_b, etc) just by checking param from GET request.
And you don't need to make all logics inside #show method. It would be better to place report-related logic in, maybe, some service objects.

Odd Rails Routing errors

I am getting an undefined method stripe_managed_accounts_path when trying to create a new resource via typical rails forms. Below is my code, I am dumbfounded, cannot figure it out.
Controller
class StripeManagedAccountsController < ApplicationController
before_action :authenticate_printer!
def new
#stripe_managed_account = StripeManagedAccount.new(printer_id: current_printer.id)
end
end
model
class StripeManagedAccount < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :printer
end
views/new
<h1>Create New Stripe Managed Account</h1>
<%= render 'form' %>
view/form
<h5>inside the form</h5>
<%= form_for #stripe_managed_account do |f| %>
<% end %>
routes
resources :printers, only: [:show, :edit, :update] do
resources :stripe_managed_accounts
end
error
`undefined method 'stripe_managed_accounts_path' for #<#<Class:0x007fc627d342b8>:0x007fc62b36e108>`
routes
printer_stripe_managed_accounts GET /printers/:printer_id/stripe_managed_accounts(.:format) stripe_managed_accounts#index
POST /printers/:printer_id/stripe_managed_accounts(.:format) stripe_managed_accounts#create
new_printer_stripe_managed_account GET /printers/:printer_id/stripe_managed_accounts/new(.:format) stripe_managed_accounts#new
edit_printer_stripe_managed_account GET /printers/:printer_id/stripe_managed_accounts/:id/edit(.:format) stripe_managed_accounts#edit
printer_stripe_managed_account GET /printers/:printer_id/stripe_managed_accounts/:id(.:format) stripe_managed_accounts#show
PATCH /printers/:printer_id/stripe_managed_accounts/:id(.:format) stripe_managed_accounts#update
PUT /printers/:printer_id/stripe_managed_accounts/:id(.:format) stripe_managed_accounts#update
DELETE /printers/:printer_id/stripe_managed_accounts/:id(.:format) stripe_managed_accounts#destroy
and it is highliting this line <%= form_for #stripe_managed_account do |f| %>
I have grepped the entire code base for stripe_managed_accounts_path and it is no where. I am at odds end...
UPDATE:::
If I add that route it disappears??? Why is it looking for that route. Is it becasue of how I named my fodlers, etc??
You're nesting stripe_managed_accounts inside printers on your routes file. If you take a look at the output of rake routes, you can see that there isn't a path for stripe_managed_accounts_path.
You can either use the shallow option on the stripe_managed_accounts resource or adjust your form to include the printer which the managed account will belong to.
#controller
class StripeManagedAccountsController < ApplicationController
before_action :authenticate_printer!
def new
#stripe_managed_account = current_printer.build_stripe_managed_account
end
def create
current_printer.stripe_managed_accounts.create stripe_managed_account_params
# handle response
end
def stripe_managed_account_params
params.require(:stripe_managed_account).permit([list of attributes])
end
end
#form
<h5>inside the form</h5>
<%= form_for [current_printer, #stripe_managed_account] do |f| %>
<% end %>
That will generate the proper url, nesting the stripe_managed_account inside the current printer.
For has_one association reference http://guides.rubyonrails.org/association_basics.html#has-one-association-reference

Rails 4 - routing actions for contact form

I have two actions in the controller:
def report
#user = User.find_by_slug(params[:slug])
end
def reportForm
#user = User.find_by_slug(params[:slug])
Thread.new do
mail = ...
end
#message = 'Thanks!'
end
and in routes:
# User report form
get "/user/:slug/report", to: "users#report"
# Catch report form and action
post "/user/:slug/report", to: 'users#reportForm'
And the view:
<form method="POST" action="/user/<%= #user.slug %>/reportForm">
...
But the problem is, that when I send the form, the action reportForm is not called and instead of that is only refresh the current page with the form.
What's wrong here?
Thank you guys.
Form Helpers
The first thing that's wrong is you're not using the form helpers that Rails provides - this is a problem because you'll end up with niggly little problems like the one you're receiving:
#config/routes.rb
resources :users do
get :report #-> domain.com/users/:id/report
post :reportForm #-> domain.com/users/:id/reportForm
end
#view
<%= form_tag user_reportForm_path(#user) do %>
...
<% end %>
Routes
The second issue you have is to do with your routes
You've set the following routes:
get "/user/:slug/report", to: "users#report"
post "/user/:slug/report", to: 'users#reportForm'
This means you've got to send the request to domain.com/user/user_slug/report. Your form sends the URL to reportForm...
You should see my routes above for the solution to this problem
But more importantly, you should read up on nested resources:
#config/routes.rb
resources :users do
match :report, action: "reportForm", via: [:get, :post] #-> domain.com/users/:id/report
end
Slug
Finally, you're trying to use params[:slug] in your controller
With the resourceful routes you should be using in Rails, you'll be passing params[:id] most of the time. This should not be an issue (what is contained in params[:id] can be anything).
I would highly recommend looking at a gem called friendly_id, which makes including slugs in your application a lot simpler:
#app/models/user.rb
Class User < ActiveRecord::Base
extend FriendlyId
friendly_id :name, use: [:slugged, :finders]
end
This will allow you to call:
#app/controllers/users_controller.rb
Class UsersController < ApplicationController
def reportForm
User.find params[:id] #-> will use either `id` or `slug`
end
end

Trying to link to specfic new comic review page

I'm trying to get a link on an articles show page so that when a user clicks write new review it takes them to the link
/comic_reviews/'the article they want to comment on'/reviews/new
where they will be directed to the new reviews page
how can i accomplish this with
In your routes file you would specify a route like this
match '/comic_reviews/:comic_name/reviews/new' => 'reviews#new', via: :get
Then in your reviews controller you would need something like this
reviews_controller.rb
class ReviewsController < ApplicationController
def new
#comic = Commic.find_by_name(params[:comic_name])
if #comic
#review = #comic.reviews.build
render 'new'
else
#Render some error page since comic was not found
end
end
end
You will then have access to #comic and #review in your reviews/new view so you could build a form that just makes a post to create a review and allows you to store it. This should get you going.
Edit
In your new view you'd need to have a form that looks something like this
<%= form_for #review do |f| %>
<%= f.label :some_attribute %>:
<%= f.text_field :some_attribute %><br />
<%= f.submit %>
<% end %>
This will be expecting you have a route to create a review in your routes file and an action in your ReviewsController.
If you are struggling with such topics I suggest you read over this excellent tutorial
http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book
Or just read through the documentation for Rails API which will give you pretty accurate examples.
You can do this via routes
resources :comic_reviews do
resources :reviews
#probably_some_other_route_here
end
And with restful pattern it will be easy to achieve whatever you want
controller
Someclass < Someotherclass
#some your code
def new
#instance_var = Your_model.new
end
def create
#instance_var = Your_model.new(params[:some_name_here])
if #instance_var.save
redirect_to somewhere
else
render 'new'
end
end
end
Also you'll need form, but i dont think that will cause any troubles

Button to Execute Ruby Without Javascript

Route
resources :cars do
collection do
get :f01a
end
end
Controller
class CarsController < ApplicationController
def f01a
#user = User.find(params[:id])
#count = Count.find_by_user_id(#user)
#count.increment!(:f02)
redirect_to #user
end
end
View
<%= button_to "add f01", f01a_cars_path %>
I can't get this to work. I need to execute this code from a button.
button_to sends a POST request, but your routing is setup to only accept GET requests. You should change it to:
resources :cars do
collection do
post :f01a
end
end
Since you're using params[:id] in your action, but not sending it in at all, you'll need to pass it in your button_to:
<%= button_to "add f01", f01a_cars_path(:id => something)
(Replace something with whatever ID you want to pass.)

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