Matching users Ruby on Rails and ActiveRecord - ruby-on-rails

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[question solved] => I just made a silly mistake and forgot to add #match.save at the end of my method :)
I'm relatively new to RoR and the ActiveRecord architecture. I'm trying to build a simple app that can match 2 users together based on their interests. First here's the schema of my database:
Link to my DB's schema
or if you prefer here's the schema.rb file:
ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160612080318) do
create_table "conversations", force: :cascade do |t|
t.integer "user1_id"
t.integer "user2_id"
t.datetime "created_at", null: false
t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
end
add_index "conversations", ["user1_id"], name: "index_conversations_on_user1_id", using: :btree
add_index "conversations", ["user2_id"], name: "index_conversations_on_user2_id", using: :btree
create_table "interests", force: :cascade do |t|
t.string "name"
t.datetime "created_at", null: false
t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
end
create_table "matches", force: :cascade do |t|
t.integer "user1_id"
t.integer "user2_id"
t.datetime "created_at", null: false
t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
end
add_index "matches", ["user1_id"], name: "index_matches_on_user1_id", using: :btree
add_index "matches", ["user2_id"], name: "index_matches_on_user2_id", using: :btree
create_table "messages", force: :cascade do |t|
t.text "content"
t.integer "conversation_id"
t.integer "user_id"
t.datetime "read_at"
t.datetime "created_at", null: false
t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
end
add_index "messages", ["conversation_id"], name: "index_messages_on_conversation_id", using: :btree
add_index "messages", ["user_id"], name: "index_messages_on_user_id", using: :btree
create_table "user_interests", force: :cascade do |t|
t.datetime "created_at", null: false
t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
t.integer "user_id"
t.integer "interest_id"
end
create_table "users", force: :cascade do |t|
t.string "email", default: "", null: false
t.string "encrypted_password", default: "", null: false
t.string "reset_password_token"
t.datetime "reset_password_sent_at"
t.datetime "remember_created_at"
t.integer "sign_in_count", default: 0, null: false
t.datetime "current_sign_in_at"
t.datetime "last_sign_in_at"
t.inet "current_sign_in_ip"
t.inet "last_sign_in_ip"
t.datetime "created_at", null: false
t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
t.string "first_name"
t.string "last_name"
t.integer "age"
t.string "avatar_url"
end
add_index "users", ["email"], name: "index_users_on_email", unique: true, using: :btree
add_index "users", ["reset_password_token"], name: "index_users_on_reset_password_token", unique: true, using: :btree
add_foreign_key "messages", "conversations"
add_foreign_key "messages", "users"
add_foreign_key "user_interests", "interests"
add_foreign_key "user_interests", "users"
end
Just to test my models I didn't take into account the algorithm that will match users based on their interest. So here's my matches_controller.rb:
class MatchesController < ApplicationController
def new
#match = Match.new
end
def create
#match = Match.new(match_params)
#match.user1_id = current_user.id
#match.user2_id = User.first.id
end
private
def match_params
params.require(:match).permit(:user1_id, :user2_id)
end
end
my match model:
class Match < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user1, class_name: "User"
belongs_to :user2, class_name: "User"
end
and finally my user model:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
# Include default devise modules. Others available are:
# :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
:recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
has_many :user_interests, dependent: :destroy
has_many :interests, through: :user_interests, dependent: :destroy
has_many :messages, dependent: :destroy
has_many :matches, dependent: :destroy
def conversations
Conversation.includes(:messages)
.where("user1_id = :id OR user2_id = :id", id: id)
.order("messages.created_at DESC")
end
def other_user(conversation)
conversation.users.include?(self) ? conversation.other_user(self) : nil
end
def unread_conversations
conversations.select { |c| c.unread_messages?(self) }
end
def unread_conversations_count
unread_conversations.count
end
def unread_conversations?
unread_conversations_count > 0
end
def one_avatar_url
avatar_url ? avatar_url : "http://placehold.it/64x64"
end
end
I've tried to test my Match.create method in the console but got only nil for user1_id and user2_id. I've been looking all day long everywhere without being able to pinpoint what's wrong with my code.
Thanks a lot for helping me on this issue :)