Alternative to "link_to... do ... end" aproach - ruby-on-rails

Question

I have this piece of code.
<div class="tweet" id="tweet-<%= tweet.id %>">
<%= image_tag #user.avatar.url(:thumb) %>
<div class="tweet-content">
<strong><%= #user.first_name + " " + #user.last_name %></strong>
<span class="date">- <%= tweet.created_at.strftime("%e %B %Y") %></span>
<p><%= tweet.content %></p>
<div class="tweet-action">
<% #replies_count = tweet.replies_count %>
<% #like_class = "glyphicon glyphicon-star like-tweet"+tweet.liked(current_user.id) %>
<% #like_id = "tweet-like-"+tweet.id.to_s %>
<%= link_to "", liked_tweets_path(tweet_id: tweet.id), method: :post, remote: true, class: #like_class, id: #like_id %>
<% if tweet.liked_tweets.count > 1 %>
<span><%= tweet.liked_tweets.count %></span>
<% end %>
<!-- -->
Retweet
</div>
<%= render 'tweets/form', parent: tweet %>
</div>
<div class="replies">
<!-- Here goes ajax resposnse tweets#show_resplies -->
</div>
</div>
I want to achieve that when I click on ".tweet" I want to do this action tweets_show_replies_path(parent: tweet, active: false ). When I tried to wrap the whole thing in link_to .... do ... end it failed and the link didn't wrap the ".tweet" element.
Could you please tell me how to achieve the effect that I described above?

Answer 1

Use some javascript and an ajax request!
$(document).ready(function() {
$( ".tweet" ).click(function() {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
format: "js",
url: <url for tweets_show_replies_path>,
data: {
parent: <%= tweet %>,
active: false
},
dataType: "script"
});
});
});
Then in your controller, do whatever you need to and render the partial.