Nested form attributes wont save - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am required to use nested forms on an assignment I am working on and I got stuck because my nested form attributes wont submit to database.
Here is what my controller looks like
def new
#booking = Booking.new
params[:no_of_passengers].to_i.times { #booking.passengers.build }
end
def create
#booking = Booking.new(booking_params)
respond_to do |format|
if #booking.save
format.html { redirect_to '/booking_confirmed', notice: 'Booking was successfully created.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: #booking }
else
format.html { render :new }
format.json { render json: #booking.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
private
def booking_params
params.permit(
:airline, :origin, :destination, :departure_date, :departure_time, :arrival_date,
:arrival_time, :flight_id, :price, :no_of_passengers, :user_id, :booking,
passenger_attributes: [
:id,:booking_id, :name, :email,:done,:_destroy
]
)
end
Here is the association between the models
class Booking < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :passengers
accepts_nested_attributes_for :passengers, reject_if: lambda { |attributes| attributes['name'].blank? }
end
class Passenger < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :bookings
end
And here is the form
<%= form_for #booking do |b| %>
<%= b.fields_for :passengers do |p| %>
<%= p.text_field :name, placeholder: "Passenger Name" %>
<%= p.text_field :email, placeholder: "Passenger Email" %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
I checked the passenger table using Passenger.all in rails console and it returns nothing.
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

After a pairing session with sunnyk, I was able to see the errors.
The first error was that my class Passenger has belongs_to :bookings instead of belongs_to :booking. This is a common error though. The Associations between these classes now looks like:
class Booking < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :flight
has_many :passengers
accepts_nested_attributes_for :passengers, reject_if:
lambda {|attributes| attributes['name'].blank?}, :allow_destroy => true
end
class Passenger < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :booking
end
class Flight < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :bookings
has_many :passengers, through: :bookings
accepts_nested_attributes_for :passengers
accepts_nested_attributes_for :bookings
end
Next:
Instead of using the default value of no_of_passengers for building my nested form, I used the cocoon gem, which makes nested forms building and management easier. I also crated a new params method, in which I made the flight_id permitted, and then passed it as an argument for my booking instance in my new method alongside my current user. So now my new method looks like this.
def new
#booking = Booking.new(new_booking_params)
#booking.user = current_user if current_user
end
def new_booking_params
params.permit(:flight_id)
end
After that, I had to make another params method for my create method, so as to allow the parameters I want in the bookings table, this include the passengers_attributes. Now my create method looks like this.
def create
#booking = Booking.new(another_booking_params)
respond_to do |format|
if #booking.save
format.html { redirect_to '/booking_confirmed', notice: 'Booking was successfully created.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: #booking }
else
format.html { render :new }
format.json { render json: #booking.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
def another_booking_params
params.require(:booking).permit(:flight_id, :user_id, :no_of_passengers,
passengers_attributes:[:name, :email])
end
Lastly, I had to adjust my form to look like this.
<%= form_for(#booking, url: bookings_path) do |f| %>
<%= f.hidden_field(:flight_id)%>
<%= f.hidden_field(:user_id) %>
<%= f.hidden_field(:no_of_passengers)%>
<%= f.fields_for :passengers do |passenger| %>
<%= render 'passenger_fields', :f => passenger %>
<% end %>
<%= link_to_add_association 'Add Another passenger',f, :passengers, :class => 'btn btn-primary add' %>
<%= submit_tag "Book Now", class: "btn btn-primary book" %>
<% end %>
and passenger_fields partial looks like.
<div class="nested-fields form-inline">
<div class="form-group">
<%= f.text_field :name, :class => "form-control", placeholder: "Passenger Name" %>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>-</label>
<%= f.text_field :email, :class => "form-control", placeholder: "Passenger Email" %>
</div>
<div class="links pull-right">
<%= link_to_remove_association "Delete", f, class: "btn btn-danger" %>
</div>
<hr>
</div>
All that did the trick. I hope this will help others to understand nested forms better