Configuring comment form in Rails - ruby-on-rails

Question

I've inherited a static website, with a typical contact form on the main page which takes a name, email, phone and message and should send an email to a set email address on submit. The JS and Slim partial below were given to me. I'm now trying to hook up to Rails using ActionMailer, but I'm doing something wrong with the form params and/or building of the email object. I'm not looking to store it in the database (tried with and without a model).
Routes:
resources :contacts, only: [:new, :create]
_contact_form.slim
(all I've changed is the action value)
form#contactform.form-horizontal action="/contacts" method="post" name="contactform" role="form"
/! Field 1
.row
.col-md-6
h3 name:
.input-text.form-group.left-field
input.input-name.form-control name="contact_name" type="text" /
.col-md-6
h3 Phone:
.input-text.form-group
input.input-name.form-control name="contact_phone" type="text" /
/! Field 2
h3 Email:
.input-email.form-group
input.input-email.form-control name="contact_email" type="email" /
/! Field 3
h3 Message:
.textarea-message.form-group
textarea.textarea-message.form-control name="contact_message" rows="7"
/! Button
button.btn.btn-default type="submit"
| Submit
i.flaticon-arrow209
Javascript:
(I've set the url and added the beforeSend)
/* --------------------------------------------
Contact Form
-------------------------------------------- */
$(function($) {
$('#contactform').bootstrapValidator({
message: '',
feedbackIcons: {
valid: 'glyphicon glyphicon-ok',
invalid: 'glyphicon glyphicon-remove',
validating: 'glyphicon glyphicon-refresh'
},
fields: {
contact_name: {
validators: {
notEmpty: {
message: ''
}
}
},
contact_email: {
validators: {
notEmpty: {
message: ''
},
emailAddress: {
message: ''
}
}
},
contact_message: {
validators: {
notEmpty: {
message: ''
}
}
}
},
submitHandler: function(validator, form, submitButton) {
$('.contact-form').addClass('ajax-loader');
var data = $('#contactform').serialize();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/contacts",
beforeSend: function(xhr) {xhr.setRequestHeader('X-CSRF-Token', $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content'))},
data: $('#contactform').serialize(),
success: function(msg) {
$('.contact-form').removeClass('ajax-loader');
$('.form-message').html(msg);
$('.form-message').show();
submitButton.removeAttr("disabled");
resetForm($('#contactform'));
},
error: function(msg) {
$('.contact-form').removeClass('ajax-loader');
$('.form-message').html(msg);
$('.form-message').show();
submitButton.removeAttr("disabled");
resetForm($('#contactform'));
}
});
return false;
},
});
function resetForm($form) {
$form.find('input:text, input:password, input, input:file, select, textarea').val('');
$form.find('input:radio, input:checkbox').removeAttr('checked').removeAttr('selected');
}
});
contact.rb
class Contact
include ActiveModel::Model
include ActiveModel::Conversion
include ActiveModel::Validations
attr_accessor :contact_name, :contact_phone, :contact_email, :contact_message
validates :contact_name, :contact_email, :contact_message, presence: true
end
contacts_controller.rb:
class ContactsController < ApplicationController
def create
#contact = Contact.new(contact_params)
if #contact.valid?
ContactMailer.contact_email(#contact).deliver
redirect_to new_contact_path, notice: "Thank you for your message."
else
flash[:alert] = "An error occurred while delivering this message."
render :new
end
end
private
def contact_params
params.require(:contact).permit(:contact_name, :contact_phone, :contact_email, :contact_message)
end
end
contact_mailer.rb
class ContactMailer < ActionMailer::Base
default to: "me#myemailaddress.com"
def contact_email(contact)
#contact = contact
mail(from: email: #contact.contact_email, body: #contact.contact_message)
end
end
contact_email.text.slim
| New contact
= #contact.contact_name
= #contact.contact_email
| wrote:
= #contact.contact_message
Current output from Rails Server
I'm currently getting a syntax error in contact_mailer.rb on the #contact object, but prior to that the Rails server logs were telling me that the Contact object was uninitialized. I've tried including the form_for/form_tag Rails helpers but this hasn't seemed to help. I've also added an index action for the contact to the HomeController having read this suggestion elsewhere.
I can keep playing 'change the error message' but I imagine I'm getting something fundamental wrong (still a Rails newbie) so would really appreciate any pointers. I've read through the ActionMailer docs and everything else I can find.

Answer 1

You need to have .deliver after your contact_mailer.rb call don't you?
Also, in your contact.rb try adding
after_create :send_email
private
def send_email
ContactMailer.contact_email(self).deliver
end