Ruby on rails - create Invitation on Project page without render new action - ruby-on-rails

Question

I try to create a project page with a form to send invitation to other users. The Owner (who have created the project) can invite other users to participate to the project.
Right now, Here is the code :
views/projects/show.html.erb
<div class="container">
<h3> <%= #project.title %> </h3>
<h6> Créé par <%= link_to #project.owner.username, user_path(#project.owner) %> </h6>
<hr>
<h3> Inviter des utilisateurs au projet </h3>
<!-- form for search users -->
<%= form_tag new_invite_path, method: :post, :class => 'form-inline' do %>
<div class="form-group">
<%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search], size: 30, class: 'form-control' %>
</div>
<%= submit_tag 'Ajouter au projet', class: 'btn btn-success' %>
<% end %>
<!-- end form for search users -->
<!-- display users results -->
<% #users.each do |user| %>
<p> <%= user.username %> | <%= user.email %> </p>
<% end %>
<!-- end display results -->
</div>
controllers/projects_controller.rb
class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
def show
#project = Project.find(params[:id])
#users = User.search(params[:search])
end
def new
#project = Project.new
end
def create
#project = Project.new(project_params)
#project.owner = current_user
#project.members = []
if #project.save
puts #project
redirect_to user_path(current_user)
else
puts 'something went wrong'
puts #project.errors.full_messages
render 'new'
end
end
private
def project_params
params.require(:project).permit(:title, :description, :client, :deadline, :owner, :members)
end
end
On the project page, I have an Ajax form to find all the users, with their username and email.
Now, when I submit this form, I want to create an invitation (a notification, but I haven't begin the notification system). So, I have created this model :
class Invite
include Mongoid::Document
field :email
belongs_to :project
belongs_to :sender_id, :class_name => 'User'
belongs_to :recipient_id, :class_name => 'User'
end
And a controller :
class InvitesController < ApplicationController
def new
#invite = Invite.new(email: params[:search], sender_id: current_user.id)
byebug
#invite.save
end
def create
#invite = Invite.new(params[:search])
if #invite.save
flash[:success] = 'the invitation is send'
redirect_to user_path(current_user)
else
render 'projects/show'
end
end
end
So as you can see, I want to save the invite in my db (MongoDB -> Mongoid), but when I submit the form (on the project/show page), I have this error :
No route matches [POST] "/invites/new"
It's normal, but I want to know :
how to insert data in my database without rendering a view ?
how to have access to user ID with the email adresse ? (which is in the DB)
Thank you !
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Answer 1

1) You can insert the data on the database without rendering anything with this line on the controller render :nothing => true, :status => 200
so your create method will be like this
def create
#invite = Invite.new(params[:search])
if #invite.save
flash[:success] = 'the invitation is send'
render :nothing => true, :status => 200
else
render 'projects/show'
end
end
and this is wrong No route matches [POST] "/invites/new" when you try to create something, you will need to go to create, not the new action, just change the url on the form, because you are pointing to the wrong action.
2) If you have an User model and want to load an user by email, you can do something like this
User.find_by_email("the email of the user")
this is your model is User and the column where the email is, is named "email"