Blog App not saving attributes to database upon form submission - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am following a guide to build a blog with rails, simple Post model with title and body.
I am using simple form and upon form submission to create a new post, the post saves created_at and updated_at values, but not the actual content submitted in the form.
I have attempted removing the code for simple form and using Rails native form_for. This DOES save all values to the database. I am new to simple form, not certain whether or not I am using it correctly.
Here is the console record:
Started POST "/posts" for ::1 at 2019-08-17 13:51:01 -0500
Processing by PostsController#create as HTML
Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"qY8kYZxVIMBL8lzHYuQ4qOu6nXsTGLWCRhLPJ2eiAU8EyzR61fZppAFBYmgcm3rx02FYAHcCgFBVlUyDTLtDGA==", "post"=>{"title"=>"Simple Form Test", "body"=>"<p>Test Test Test</p>\r\n"}, "commit"=>"Create Post"}
(0.0ms) begin transaction
SQL (3.3ms) INSERT INTO "posts" ("created_at", "updated_at") VALUES (?, ?) [["created_at", "2019-08-17 18:51:01.325736"], ["updated_at", "2019- 08-17 18:51:01.325736"]]
(7.7ms) commit transaction
Redirected to http://localhost:3000/posts/3
Completed 302 Found in 28ms (ActiveRecord: 11.1ms)
Here is the form:
<%= simple_form_for #post do |f| %>
<% if #post.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2>
<%= "#{pluralize(#post.errors.count, "error")} prohibited this post from being saved:" %>
</h2>
<ul>
<% #post.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
<li>
<%= msg %>
</li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<div class="form-group">
<%= f.input :title, class: "form-control" %>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<%= f.input :body, :as => :ckeditor, input_html: {:ckeditor => {:toolbar => 'FULL'}}, class: "form-control" %>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<%= f.button :submit %>
</div>
<% end %>
Here is the controller:
class PostsController < ApplicationController
before_action :find_post, only: [:edit, :update, :show, :delete]
# Index action to render all posts
def index
#posts = Post.all
end
# New action for creating post
def new
#post = Post.new
end
# Create action saves the post into database
def create
#post = Post.new
if #post.save(post_params)
flash[:notice] = "Successfully created post!"
redirect_to post_path(#post)
else
flash[:alert] = "Error creating new post!"
render :new
end
end
# Edit action retrives the post and renders the edit page
def edit
end
# Update action updates the post with the new information
def update
if #post.update_attributes(post_params)
flash[:notice] = "Successfully updated post!"
redirect_to post_path(#post)
else
flash[:alert] = "Error updating post!"
render :edit
end
end
# The show action renders the individual post after retrieving the the id
def show
end
# The destroy action removes the post permanently from the database
def destroy
if #post.destroy
flash[:notice] = "Successfully deleted post!"
redirect_to posts_path
else
flash[:alert] = "Error updating post!"
end
end
private
def post_params
params.require(:post).permit(:title, :body)
end
def find_post
#post = Post.find(params[:id])
end
end
Hopin
g to be able to create posts with body and title, and learn more about simple form.
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You wrote #post = Post.new without pass your parameters to your object, so when you save you object you save an empty object.
It should be either :
#post = Post.new(post_params)
Or directly
#post = Post.create(post_params)