Using render_async to call a partial with highcharts - ruby-on-rails

I am using Ruby on Rails and trying to call a partial named _bmetric by using render_async in the index method. This partial has html code and also a highcharts (js). The problem is that the highcharts does not show up. However, if I use render instead of rander_async, there is no problem.
Can someone please tell me what should I consider while using render_async to call a partial with highcharts?

Check out this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/52842726/4158895
It should help you with your problem.
When you try to render a nested partial, render_async loads JS code inside a script tag that needs to be evaluated to do another request. jQuery has a powerfull method .replaceWith(text) which evaluates any script tags in the text variable. This is not so easy to achieve in plain JS. I'm trying to come up with a solution for this.

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Rendering a partialview from within a helperclass in Umbraco

I have some html that is used a lot in the site i'm building. So I created a App_Code\Helpers.cshtml file and placed the helperfunction in that file.
Now, I want to render a partial-view (a MVC view for a form). But I can't use #Html.Partial("MyFormPartial", new formModel())
I can't find any other ways of rendering a partial view from within a helper class. Anybody got an idea on how to solve this?
Is a seperate helpers.cshtml even the best way for this kind of repeating html-code? I think it gives me a bit more freedom in the parameters I'm providing, instead of the macro's. But it sucks I can't use #Umbraco (without creating your own helper) or #Html :(
Just pass #Html to the helper function if you don't want to create it inside the helper function.
Nevertheless, isn't it a better idea to use a child action and render part of code you'd like to been shared?

Call a Ruby on Rails helper method from a JavaScript js.erb file

Is it possible to call a ruby helper method from within a js.erb file?
I have a helper in application_helper.rb called solve which makes a API call to a third party service, and they only have a ruby client.
The js.erb file isn't being run on the client side, it is being called from within a controller method and run server side as it is PhantomJS.
I call the JS file from the controller
Phantomjs.run('phantom.js.erb', url)
Then within the PhantomJS js.erb file I have tried
var response = '<%= solve(variable) %>'
which just sets the variable as the string <%= solve(variable) %>
I have also tried
var response = <%= solve(variable) %>
but that just seems to make the application hang and become unresponsive.
I have seen other questions similar to this. In those questions they are asking if it is possible to call it from client side JS which I know you need to use an ajax request to do so.
Is this possible?
Try this:
var content = '#{solve()}'
Need a bit more context for this question, but I'll try my best to answer:
Essentially, you wouldn't be able to access your application_helper methods outside of any .erb files. (ie. if you have application.js or any other js file in your pipeline and you are trying to <%= solve %> from there it wouldn't work - mainly because it isn't an .erb file)
There are a lot of ways and architecture to go about solving this, but here are two simple ones:
If you put the JS you want to evaluate inline on the same page as your partial/html.erb page by using <script> //JS ERB CODE GOES HERE </script> It will actually evaluate properly since it is inside of an erb file. However, this is generally looked upon as unclean...
What you probably want to do is pass the value (presumably) you want that comes from the "solve" application_helper in a 'data' attribute on the html element that it affects. By utilizing "unobtrusive javascript" in this way, you simply pass the value through markup and then in your JS you can get the variable by using jQuery code like this. Here's an example:
<%= link_to "test_link", root_path, :data => {:solve => solve } %>
Of course it doesn't have to be a link, any HTML element will do, and then in your jQuery:
$("#test_link").data("solve");
will return to you whatever output comes out of your "solve" method in the application_helper.
it can possible but there are different ways to do it. one way is define the method in helper_method in your controller and call it from your view. and another way is use the gon gem to access some controller value in your javascript. please check what is best for you please check the below links for more help
http://apidock.com/rails/ActionController/Helpers/ClassMethods/helper_method
https://github.com/gazay/gon
http://railscasts.com/episodes/324-passing-data-to-javascript

how do i dynamically change my format rendering engine in rails?

My default templating engine is haml, but I would to sometimes change it to erb if i specify a specific parameter?
For example, I am pasting in some html code and would just like to test the code without HAML complaining about its format.
Any idea how to do this?
do something like:
if params[:render_erb]
render 'file.html.erb'
else
render 'file.html.haml'
end
and call the action with ?render_erb=true
or
render "file.html.#{params[:render]}" ir params[:render]
and call it ?render=haml or ?render=erb (or nothing and it will use the default
at the end of the controller's action that you are using
Am I wrong that you simply need to save file as your_file.html.erb instead of your_file.html.haml?
You can use different templates in the same application, and you can use different template engines for views, partials, and layouts, but as far as I know you can't duck in and out of multiple template engines within the same template file.
If you just want to drop some code in using a different template language, then I'd put it in a separate partial. That certainly seems easiest in this particular case.

Updating part of a web page on Rails

I have a Rails controller with a form, and I want that when I post this form, a table on this page is updated via AJAX. I know a way, using partials to achieve this, but is that any way to do this without partials? And without putting code for my view inside my controller too.
Thanks
You can make a .js.erb file as the view, and from the form call the action from link_to_remote. That will translate into an ajax call to the action, that will then execute the js from the view. Inside that js.erb file you can do whatever you like. Although it will be hard to render part of the table server side if the code isn't broken out into a partial.

ASP.Net MVC run JavaScript in PartialView when loaded using Ajax.ActionLink

I've got a question regarding ASP.Net MVC.
I'm using an Ajax.ActionLink to load a PartialView.
In this partial view is a javascript function I'd like to get called.
However I can't figure out how to make this happen.
I've tried using AjaxOptions { OnSuccess="functionInPartialView" } when I set the Ajax.ActionLink but for some reason it can't see the Javascript.
EDIT: The PartialView is a mix of JavaScript and Html
I would suggest to use jQuery ($.get/$.ajax). It evaluates the $(function(){}) when you load the partial, so your scripts there fire. And I personally find jQuery easier and cleaner to use.
Add the javascript code in the view that will contain the parcialview, and next use the ajaxOptions { OnSuccess="functionInView" } when you set the Ajax.ActionLink.
If it's only javascript in your partial view, then you should be using a JavaScript Action result, as in this post
Otherwise, the issue is that ajax merely loading content into a div doesn't mean that it executes. In your ajax callback, you need to find the javascript content and eval it, so that your page is aware of the function definition.
I know that's a high level description, but I don't have any samples of doing this. If you post some of the code, maybe someone can suggest a cleaner way of doing this so that you have better access to the script.
You can try Multipartials , you can use them to update multiple views and even run scripts from partials, im not sure about the exact specifics as its been a while, but you can have a look at it and see if it can accomplish what you are looking for

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