No route matches [GET] "/links/1/like" acts_as_votable - ruby-on-rails

Question

The other solutions here did not work, so I am posting a new question. I am using acts_as_votable for up and down voting on links, but when I try to actually vote I get the error:
No route matches [GET] "/links/1/like"
This is what my view looks like:
<%= link_to like_link_path(link), method: :put, class: "btn btn-default btn-sm" do %>
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-up"></span>
Upvote
<%= link.get_upvotes.size %>
<% end %>
<%= link_to dislike_link_path(link), method: :put, class: "btn btn-default btn-sm" do %>
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-down">
Downvote
<%= link.get_downvotes.size %>
<% end %>
And this is what my routes look like:
resources :links do
member do
put "like", to: "links#upvote"
put "dislike", to: "links#downvote"
end
end
I see that my client is trying to access the get method, but I explicitly call method: :put in my index.html.erb file.
Do you know why it is trying to access get and how I can override that?

Answer 1

This problem is almost always to do with JQuery, although in this instance I'm not sure why.
You can even see it here:
Note that if the user has JavaScript disabled, the request will fall back to using GET
I would firstly check that you have JQuery in your app, and then that it's getting called okay. If it isn't loading, then the best course of action is to see why JQuery is not being called (it's either going to because it won't be referenced, or you'll have an error preventing it from loading).
Your code actually looks valid, so I'd have to say that JQuery would be the likely issue here.
You could polish up your routes etc:
#config/routes.rb
resources :links do
match "vote", action: :vote, via: [:put,:delete], on: :member
end
This will send both types of request to an action called vote, which you can then split up as follows:
#app/controllers/links_controller.rb
class LinksController < ApplicationController
def vote
if request.put?
# Code to vote
elsif request.delete?
# Code to downvote
end
# Redirect back
end
end
Much DRYer and more efficient (only calling a single action etc)

Answer 2

It turns out that the answer was related to JQuery. I was getting an Uncaught ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined error and so what I did was include JQuery outright in my application.html.erb file.
You have to put this ahead of all your other scripts.
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>
After that, the voting began to work