Routing to show action instead of custom action - ruby-on-rails

Question

news_controller.rb
class NewsController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_news, only: [:show]
before_action :authenticate_user!, except: [:show, :index ]
def index
#news = News.where( state: true ).paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 12).order('id DESC')
end
def new
#news = News.new
end
def show
#news_photos = #news.news_photos
end
def create
#news = News.new(news_params)
if #news.save
if params[:images]
params[:images].each do |image|
#news.news_photos.create(image: image)
end
end
#news_photos = #news.news_photos
redirect_to edit_news_path(#news), notice: "Saved..."
else
render :new
end
end
def destroy
#news = News.find(params[:id])
#news.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to news_index_path }
# format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
def search
#news = News.search(params[:search])
end
private
def set_news
#news = News.find(params[:id])
end
def news_params
params.require(:news).permit( :title, :description, :category, :keywords, :user_id, :email, :user_name)
end
end
news.rb
class News < ApplicationRecord
extend FriendlyId
friendly_id :slug_candidates, use: [:slugged, :finders, :history]
def slug_candidates
[ :title,
[:title, :id]
]
end
def self.search(search)
pg_search_scope :search_full_text,
:against => :full_text,
:using => { :tsearch => { :prefix => true } }
end
end
index.html.erb
<div class="fh5co-box">
<h3 class="heading">Search</h3>
<%= form_tag(look_path, :method => "get") do %>
<%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search], placeholder: "Search news" %>
<%= submit_tag "Search" %>
<% end %>
</div>
</div>
</div>
routes.rb
resources :news, :except => [ :search]
get 'news/search' => 'news#search', :as => 'look'
As I submit the data inside the search field, it is routing to the show action instead of search action.
the routes are
ews_index GET /news(.:format) news#index
POST /news(.:format) news#create
new_news GET /news/new(.:format) news#new
edit_news GET /news/:id/edit(.:format) news#edit
news GET /news/:id(.:format) news#show
PATCH /news/:id(.:format) news#update
PUT /news/:id(.:format) news#update
DELETE /news/:id(.:format) news#destroy
look GET /news/search(.:format) news#search
log:
Started GET "/news/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=tax&commit=Search" for 183.83.117.57 at 2017-04-10 07:36:13 -0500
Processing by NewsController#show as HTML
Parameters: {"utf8"=>"▒~\~S", "search"=>"tax", "commit"=>"Search", "id"=>"search"}
^[[1m^[[36mNews Load (0.5ms)^[[0m ^[[1m^[[34mSELECT "news".* FROM "news" WHERE "news"."slug" = $1 ORDER BY "news"."id" ASC LIMIT $2^[[0m [["slug", "search"], ["LIMIT", 1]]
^[[1m^[[36mNews Load (0.7ms)^[[0m ^[[1m^[[34mSELECT "news".* FROM "news" INNER JOIN "friendly_id_slugs" ON "friendly_id_slugs"."sluggable_id" = "news"."id" AND "friendly_id_slugs"."sluggable_type" = $1 WHERE ("friendly_id_slugs"."sluggable_type" = 'News' AND "friendly_id_slugs"."slug" = 'search') ORDER BY "friendly_id_slugs"."id" DESC LIMIT $2^[[0m [["sluggable_type", "News"], ["LIMIT", 1]]
Completed 404 Not Found in 5ms (ActiveRecord: 1.2ms)
ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound (can't find record with friendly id: "search"):
app/controllers/news_controller.rb:111:in `set_news'
Don't know where I have gone wrong.Is there anything to do with the slugs???
Any Help is highly Appreciated.Thanks in Advance!!!

Answer 1

Routes are search for in order.
So in other words you show action matches the get request for /news/(:id) and your system processes SHOW. Move the line:
get 'news/search' => 'news#search', :as => 'look'
higher up in the routes file and it should work fine, keep in mind though that this will block search from being used as a id/slug. A cleaner route would be
get '/search/news' => 'news#search', :as => 'look'
as it'd get outside the news scope and you wouldn't have conflicts with the news model.