Params passed into URL Ruby on Rails - ruby-on-rails

Question

I'm having some issue with my form_tag search functionality is not redirecting me properly to a place where I can see the results of my search.
It was working fine yesterday, Once the submit button of the search is clicked, a get request to the pets controller search method is fired and then I was redirected to the results.html.erb page where the results are displayed.
The problem is that now when I submit the search, it's just refreshing the page (index.html.erb) and my params are passed to the URL but none of the "pets" i searched for are displayed.
http://localhost:3000/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&authenticity_token=iDXugIhTyjknCMpPh2P5x7voNMSQ3Y7Aa1HIZPA7xqZ9Oj4CAuVc5eJPqfE1CLwxXAsCebgPuNWqpOk381TlvQ%3D%3D&pets%5Bzip_code%5D=10019&pets%5Bspecies%5D=Cat&pets%5Bbreed%5D=&pets%5Bage%5D=&pets%5Bsex%5D=&pets%5Bsize%5D=&commit=Find+Pets%21
Before it was just redirecting me the results page localhost:3000/results
Here is my pets controller
class PetsController < ApplicationController
def index #index page will render search form
#pet = Pet.new
#send form data in params to create
end
def search
#pets = Pet.where(clean_params)
render :results
end
private
def thinned_params
params["pets"].delete_if {|k, v| v.empty?}
end
def clean_params
thinned_params.permit(:species, :zip_code, :sex, :size, :breed, :age)
end
end
My form_tag in welcome#index:
<form class="form-horizontal">
<%= form_tag :controller => 'pets', :action => 'search', :method => 'get' do %>
<%= label_tag('pets[zip_code]', "Zipcode") %>
<%= text_field_tag('pets[zip_code]') %>
<%= label_tag('pets[species]', "Type") %>
<%= select_tag('pets[species]', options_for_select([["Dog","Dog"],["Cat","Cat"],["Rabbit", "Rabbit"], ["Small & Furry","Smallfurry"],["Horse", "Horse"],["Pig", "Pig"],["Reptile", "Reptile"],["Bird", "Bird"],["Barnyard", "Barnyard"]])) %>
<%= label_tag('pets[breed]', "Breed") %>
<%= text_field_tag('pets[breed]', nil, class: 'typeahead') %>
<%= label_tag('pets[age]', "Age") %>
<%= select_tag('pets[age]', options_for_select([["None",""],["Baby","Baby"],["Young","Young"],["Adult", "Adult"], ["Senior","Senior"]])) %>
<%= label_tag('pets[sex]', "Gender") %>
<%= select_tag('pets[sex]', options_for_select([["None",""],["Male","M"],["Female","F"]])) %>
<%= label_tag('pets[size]', "Size") %>
<%= select_tag('pets[size]', options_for_select([["None",""],["Small","S"],["Medium","M"], ["Large", "L"], ["Xtra Large", "XL"]])) %>
<%= submit_tag "Find Pets!" %>
<%end%>
</form>
And finally...my routes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
devise_for :users
resources :users
# resources :pets
root 'welcome#index'
get '/pets' => 'pets#index'
post '/pets/search' => 'pets#search'
resources :favorite_pets
get '/my_pets' => 'users#my_pets'
end
So my question is why is my params passed to the URL when it should just hit the search method in the pets controller and redirect me to the results page displaying the info?
Second question, obviously, what can I do to fix this problem?
UPDATE
here is the output of my console when the "search" button is clicked.
Started GET "/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&authenticity_token=NgVe%2Fe5i6sn8ijRmgcvOezp62KlymrNRWPJfFNOVJ54ChWpZf8JYTm%2Fk%2FeHdDsvcgzdBYe%2BjUX5jiz2JeALEpQ%3D%3D&pets%5Bzip_code%5D=10019&pets%5Bspecies%5D=Cat&pets%5Bbreed%5D=&pets%5Bage%5D=&pets%5Bsex%5D=&pets%5Bsize%5D=&commit=Find+Pets%21" for ::1 at 2015-03-15 15:54:34 -0400
Processing by WelcomeController#index as HTML
Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"NgVe/e5i6sn8ijRmgcvOezp62KlymrNRWPJfFNOVJ54ChWpZf8JYTm/k/eHdDsvcgzdBYe+jUX5jiz2JeALEpQ==", "pets"=>{"zip_code"=>"10019", "species"=>"Cat", "breed"=>"", "age"=>"", "sex"=>"", "size"=>""}, "commit"=>"Find Pets!"}
Pet Load (0.7ms) SELECT "pets".* FROM "pets"
CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT "pets".* FROM "pets"
CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT "pets".* FROM "pets"
CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT "pets".* FROM "pets"
Breed Load (0.2ms) SELECT "breeds".* FROM "breeds" INNER JOIN "pet_breeds" ON "breeds"."id" = "pet_breeds"."breed_id" WHERE "pet_breeds"."pet_id" = ? [["pet_id", 71]]
Shelter Load (0.1ms) SELECT "shelters".* FROM "shelters" WHERE "shelters"."id" = ? LIMIT 1 [["id", 26]]
Breed Load (0.3ms) SELECT "breeds".* FROM "breeds" INNER JOIN "pet_breeds" ON "breeds"."id" = "pet_breeds"."breed_id" WHERE "pet_breeds"."pet_id" = ? [["pet_id", 73]]
CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT "shelters".* FROM "shelters" WHERE "shelters"."id" = ? LIMIT 1 [["id", "26"]]
Breed Load (0.1ms) SELECT "breeds".* FROM "breeds" INNER JOIN "pet_breeds" ON "breeds"."id" = "pet_breeds"."breed_id" WHERE "pet_breeds"."pet_id" = ? [["pet_id", 41]]
Shelter Load (0.1ms) SELECT "shelters".* FROM "shelters" WHERE "shelters"."id" = ? LIMIT 1 [["id", 16]]
Breed Load (0.1ms) SELECT "breeds".* FROM "breeds" INNER JOIN "pet_breeds" ON "breeds"."id" = "pet_breeds"."breed_id" WHERE "pet_breeds"."pet_id" = ? [["pet_id", 9]]
Shelter Load (0.1ms) SELECT "shelters".* FROM "shelters" WHERE "shelters"."id" = ? LIMIT 1 [["id", 5]]
Rendered welcome/index.html.erb within layouts/application (20.9ms)
Completed 200 OK in 127ms (Views: 125.2ms | ActiveRecord: 1.6ms)
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Answer 1

According to your routes file, the search action only accepts POST (not GET):
post '/pets/search' => 'pets#search'
That seems appropriate, so just change your form action to use the POST method:
form_tag :controller => 'pets', :action => 'search', :method => :post

Answer 2

Your route is POST, but that makes no sense, are you trying to update or replace pets? No, you getting a list of pets. You are already calling a GET request in your form, so you can leave that, and change
post '/pets/search' => 'pets#search' to get '/pets/search' => 'pets#search'
More information on get and post.