render form_for partial in view - ruby-on-rails

Thank you in advance for any help provided. I've tried researching this a bunch but I can't get it to work.
When trying to render contacts/_new.html.erb inside of pages/home.html.erb
I get "First argument in form cannot contain nil or be empty"
I think it has something to do with which controller Rails is looking in.
Does Rails know to look in my ContactsController even though the main view is coming from the PagesController? I have tried many things and researched this a lot. I've tried locals and changing url and actions. It works when it is not in a partial. It works when I hard code form_for Contact.new.
Thanks again!
_new.html.erb
<%= form_for #contact do |f| %>
<div class="form-group">
<%= f.label :name %>
<%= f.text_field :name, class: 'form-control' %>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<%= f.label :email %>
<%= f.text_field :email, class: 'form-control' %>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<%= f.label :comments %>
<%= f.text_area :comments, class: 'form-control' %>
</div>
<%= f.submit 'Submit',class: 'btn btn-default' %>
<% end %>
class ContactsController < ApplicationController
def new
#contact = Contact.new
end
def create
#contact = Contact.new(contact_params)
if #contact.save
redirect_to root_path, notice: "Message sent."
else
redirect_to root_path, notice: "Error occured."
end
end
private
def contact_params
params.require(:contact).permit(:name, :email, :comments)
end
end
Render with:
<%= render new_contact_path %>
in the views/pages/home.html.erb

This is because #contact doesn't exist in your pages_controller.rb, and at the moment to load the contact variable in your form_for it throws this error.
You only have it defined in your contacts_controller but that's not being accessed when you load the pages/home view, it'll go to look for a #contact variable defined in your pages_controller specifically in your home method.
Try adding it in your pages_controller.rb as:
# app/controllers/pages_controller
def home
#contact = Contact.new
end

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#category=Category.all
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App/views/contacts/new.html.erb
<%= form_for "#contact" do |f| %>
<div class="form-group">
<%= f.label :name %>
<%= f.text_field :name, class: 'form-control' %>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<%= f.label :email %>
<%= f.text_field :email, class: 'form-control' %>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<%= f.label :comments %>
<%= f.text_area :comments, class: 'form-control' %>
</div>
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<% end %>
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class ContactsController < ApplicationController
def new
#contact = Contact.new
end
def create
#contact = Contact.new(contact_params)
if #contact.save
redirect_to new_contact_path, notice: "Message sent."
else
redirect_to new_contact_path, notice: "Error occured."
end
end
private
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You have quotes around your #contact variable in your form, try just using the plain #contact variable.

Rails - Form_for error for undefined local variable?

I've been trying to setup a contact form but I keep getting errors and I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. The latest error I'm getting is:
NameError in Contacts#new
Showing .../app/views/contacts/new.html.erb where line #2 raised:
undefined local variable or method `contact' for #<#<Class:0x007fa2933ca1f8>:0x007fa29a4df460>
Did you mean? #contact
concat
Extracted source (around line #2):
1
2
3
4
5
6
<h1>Contact us</h1>
<%= form_for(contact) do |f| %>
<div class="field entry_box">
<%= f.label :name %>
<%= f.text_field :name, class: "form-control entry_field" %>
</div>
My ContactsController
class ContactsController < ApplicationController
def new
#contact = Contact.new
end
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#contact = Contact.new(contact_params)
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private
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Model
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<h1>Contact us</h1>
<%= form_for(contact) do |f| %>
<div class="field entry_box">
<%= f.label :name %>
<%= f.text_field :name, class: "form-control entry_field" %>
</div>
<div class="field entry_box">
<%= f.label :email %>
<%= f.number_field :email, class: "form-control entry_field" %>
</div>
<div class="field entry_box">
<%= f.label :message %>
<%= f.text_field :message, class: "form-control entry_field" %>
</div>
<div class="actions center space_big">
<%= f.submit "Submit", class: "btn btn-lg btn-success" %>
</div>
<% end %>
Thanks for any assistance!
Your controller defines an instance variable, #contact, but your view uses contact. There's a difference - make sure your form_for call uses the #contact variable that your controller defines.
You have:
<%= form_for(contact) do |f| %>
which you should change to
<%= form_for(#contact) do |f| %>
because of this line in your controller
#contact = Contact.new
In most errors, Rails will give you the source code and line number that caused the exception, and will then give you a hint - in this case, it says "did you mean #contact?"
The variable contact is undefined in new.html.erb. See the suggestion made by rails to use #contact?
The line
<%= form_for(contact) do |f| %>
should be
<%= form_for(#contact) do |f| %>
The instance variable #contact is passed on to the view from the new action of ContactsController.
You have to write instance variable in new form just write
<%= form_for(#contact) do |f| %>
<% end %>

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I'm trying to solve a really simple problem with my code. I want to upload image into a post, I use paperclip, and the last step is not working.
That is my controller :
class PostsController < ApplicationController
def index
#posts = Post.all
end
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#post = Post.new
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#post = Post.new(post_params)
if #post.save
flash[:success] = "uccess!"
redirect_to post_path(#post)
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flash[:error] = #post.errors.full_messages
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<%= f.input :title, label: "Nom du plat" %>
<br>
<%= f.input :image, as: :file %>
<br>
<%= f.input :prix %>
<%= f.input :adress, label: "Localisation" %>
<%= f.input :description %>
<br>
<%= f.button :submit %>
<% end %>
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<%= image_tag (#post.image.url(:medium)) %>
<br>
<%= #post.description %>
<br>
<button>
<%= link_to "Home", root_path %>
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You're calling root_path as the helper in your form when you need to call the route for post. Run rake routes and look for the create action related to post, which should be the same as the get route for the show action.
This should not be root_path:
<%= simple_form_for #post, url: root_path do |f|%>

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<p>
<%= f.label :title %><br>
<%= f.text_field :title %>
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<p>
<%= f.label :body %><br>
<%= f.text_area :body %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.submit %>
</p>
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