Nested fields made with cocoon are not saving - ruby-on-rails

Question

I have 3 objects, Users, Recipes, and Tasks. Tasks are nested inside Recipes, and Recipes are nested inside Users. I am able to save/add/delete Recipes just fine, and I can add Tasks in the HTML form, but when I go to save, the Tasks do not show up as part of a Recipe, even when I go back to the form. I have been working on this for a while and would appreciate any insight.
Users Controller:
class UsersController < ApplicationController
before_filter :authenticate_user_or_admin_or_conduit!
before_action :set_user, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
respond_to :html
def index
#users = User.all
respond_with(#users)
end
def show
respond_with(#user)
end
def new
#user = User.new
respond_with(#user)
end
def edit
end
def create
#user = User.new(user_params)
if #user.save
if conduit_signed_in?
redirect_to '/conduits', notice: 'User created successfully.'
elsif admin_signed_in?
redirect_to '/admins', notice: 'User created successfully.'
else
redirect_to #user, notice: 'User created successfully.'
end
else
render :new
end
end
def update
#user.update(user_params)
respond_with(#user)
end
def destroy
#user.destroy
respond_with(#user)
end
private
def set_user
#user = User.find(params[:id])
end
def user_params
params.require(:user).permit(:name, :email, :password, :password_confirmation)
end
end
Recipes Controller:
class RecipesController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_recipe, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
# GET /recipes
# GET /recipes.json
def index
#recipes = Recipe.all
end
# GET /recipes/1
# GET /recipes/1.json
def show
end
# GET /recipes/new
def new
#recipe = Recipe.new
end
# GET /recipes/1/edit
def edit
end
# POST /recipes
# POST /recipes.json
def create
#recipe = Recipe.new(recipe_params)
respond_to do |format|
if #recipe.save
format.html { redirect_to #recipe, notice: 'Recipe was successfully created.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: #recipe }
else
format.html { render :new }
format.json { render json: #recipe.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
class UsersController < ApplicationController
before_filter :authenticate_user_or_admin_or_conduit!
before_action :set_user, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
respond_to :html
def index
#users = User.all
respond_with(#users)
end
def show
respond_with(#user)
end
def new
#user = User.new
respond_with(#user)
end
def edit
end
def create
#user = User.new(user_params)
if #user.save
if conduit_signed_in?
redirect_to '/conduits', notice: 'User created successfully.'
elsif admin_signed_in?
redirect_to '/admins', notice: 'User created successfully.'
else
redirect_to #user, notice: 'User created successfully.'
end
else
render :new
end
end
def update
#user.update(user_params)
respond_with(#user)
end
def destroy
#user.destroy
respond_with(#user)
end
private
def set_user
#user = User.find(params[:id])
end
def user_params
params.require(:user).permit(:name, :email, :password, :password_confirmation)
end
end
Recipes Controller:
class RecipesController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_recipe, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
# GET /recipes
# GET /recipes.json
def index
#recipes = Recipe.all
end
# GET /recipes/1
# GET /recipes/1.json
def show
end
# GET /recipes/new
def new
#recipe = Recipe.new
end
# GET /recipes/1/edit
def edit
end
# POST /recipes
# POST /recipes.json
def create
#recipe = Recipe.new(recipe_params)
end
# PATCH/PUT /recipes/1
# PATCH/PUT /recipes/1.json
def update
respond_to do |format|
if #recipe.update(recipe_params)
format.html { redirect_to #recipe, notice: 'Recipe was successfully updated.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: #recipe }
else
format.html { render :edit }
format.json { render json: #recipe.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# DELETE /recipes/1
# DELETE /recipes/1.json
def destroy
#recipe.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to recipes_url, notice: 'Recipe was successfully destroyed.' }
format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
private
# Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
def set_recipe
#recipe = Recipe.find(params[:id])
end
# Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
def recipe_params
params.require(:recipe).permit(:reward, task_attributes: [:description, :counter, :done, :_destroy, :id])
end
end
Tasks Controller:
class TasksController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_task, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
# GET /tasks
# GET /tasks.json
def index
#tasks = Task.all
end
# GET /tasks/1
# GET /tasks/1.json
def show
end
# GET /tasks/new
def new
#task = Task.new
end
# GET /tasks/1/edit
def edit
end
# POST /tasks
# POST /tasks.json
def create
#task = Task.new(task_params)
respond_to do |format|
if #task.save
format.html { redirect_to #task, notice: 'Task was successfully created.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: #task }
else
format.html { render :new }
format.json { render json: #task.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# PATCH/PUT /tasks/1
# PATCH/PUT /tasks/1.json
def update
respond_to do |format|
if #task.update(task_params)
format.html { redirect_to #task, notice: 'Task was successfully updated.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: #task }
else
format.html { render :edit }
format.json { render json: #task.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# DELETE /tasks/1
# DELETE /tasks/1.json
def destroy
#task.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to tasks_url, notice: 'Task was successfully destroyed.' }
format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
private
# Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
def set_task
#task = Task.find(params[:id])
end
# Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
def task_params
params.require(:task).permit(:description, :counter, :done, :notes)
end
end
Users 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 :characters
end
Recipes Model:
class Recipe < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :character
has_many :task, :dependent => :destroy
accepts_nested_attributes_for :task, allow_destroy: true
end
Tasks Model:
class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :recipe
end
User Form:
<div id="myform">
<%= form_for(#character) do |f| %>
<% if #character.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(#character.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this character from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% #character.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>
<li><%= message %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<li class="accordion-navigation">
Recipes
<div id="panel6a" class="content">
<fieldset>
<legend>Recipes consist of a variety of tasks</legend>
<div>
<%= f.fields_for :recipe do |recipe| %>
<%= render "recipe_fields", :f => recipe %>
<% end %>
<div class="links">
<%= link_to_add_association "Add Recipe", f, :recipe, :class =>"button" %>
</div>
</div>
</fieldset>
</div>
</li>
<% end %>
</div>
Recipe Form:
<div class="nested-fields">
<div class="row">
<div class="row">
<div class="large-3 columns">
<div class="field">
<%= f.text_field :reward %>
</div>
</div>
<div class="large-9 columns">
<fieldset>
<legend>Add Task</legend>
<div>
<%= f.fields_for :task do |task| %>
<%= render "task_fields", :f => task %>
<% end %>
<div class="links">
<%= link_to_add_association "Add Task", f, :task, :class =>"small button" %>
</div>
</div>
</fieldset>
<span style="float:right"><%= link_to_remove_association "Remove Recipe", f, data: {confirm: "Are you sure?"}, :class =>"button alert" %></span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Task Form:
<div class="nested-fields">
<div class="row">
<div class="large-3 columns">
<div class="field">
<%= f.text_field :description %>
</div>
</div>
<div class="large-3 columns">
<div class="field">
<%= f.number_field :counter, label: "Record number if needed" %>
</div>
</div>
<div class="large-3 columns">
<div class="field">
<%= f.check_box :done, label: "Completed?" %>
</div>
</div>
<span style="float:right"><%= link_to_remove_association "Remove Task", f, data: {confirm: "Are you sure?"}, :class =>"small button alert" %></span>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

I dealt with this funkiness recently. I'm guessing the Task is being created, just not relating to the Recipe. If that is the case, you need to include the recipe_id in the task_attributes array.
Nesting is all sorts of magic, but for whatever reason, the id of the parent object won't be set unless it's explicitly included as a permitted param.
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

The other post definitely pointed out an error, but I could not fix it until I added the task_attributes to the recipe_attributes in the User controller, like so:
params.require(:user).permit(:name, recipe_attributes: [:reward, :_destroy, :user_id, :id, task_attributes: [:description, :recipe_id, :counter, :done, :_destroy, :id]])