Rails nested routing issue - ruby-on-rails

I have Q+A model inside an events model and having issue with understanding how the nested routes work. I'm getting a No route matches {:action=>"create", :controller=>"event_questions" and missing required keys: [:event_id]`
My question form sits inside my show.hrml.erb for my event model right now. Some of the relationship stuff is from neo4j gem so it isn't standard but the issue shouldn't be related to that. From what I know, I am posting to /events/events_id/event_questions
events_controller.rb
def show
#event = Event.find(params[:id])
#event_question = EventQuestion.new
end
event.rb
has_many :out, :event_questions, type: 'questions_of'
event_question.rb
has_one :in, :events, origin: :event_questions
events/show.html.erb
<%= form_for [:event, #event_question] do |f| %>
#form stuff
<% end %>
event_questions_controller.rb
def create
#event_question = EventQuestion.new(event_question_params)
if #event_question.save
#event = Event.find(params[:event_id])
#event_question.update(admin: current_user.facebook_id)
#event_question.events << #event
redirect_to #event
else
redirect_to :back
end
end
routes.rb
resources :events do
resources :event_questions, only: [:create, :destroy]
end

I think it's in your routes. Change it to look like this:
resources :events do
resources :questions, controller: 'event_questions`, only: [:create, :destroy]
end
That'll give you http://youraddress/event/:event_id/questions and put it in the expected controller. Make sure it's event_questions.rb and not events_questions.rb. From terminal, also run rake routes and it'll show you the actions, paths, and controllers responsible for them.

Got it to work with
form_for(#event_question, :url => event_event_questions_path(#event)) do |f|
I'm not sure how to pass the #event via the other way (in the question), but assuming you can, both methods should work.

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Rails - no method error for new form

I'm sure that there is a simple solution to this problem, but I can't for the life of me see what I am doing wrong - it's been a few months since I've worked on a Rails project, I must be forgetting something important.
I'm just trying to create a basic Rails form, but I am getting a no method path error when I navigate to the new form page.
This is for my Report model...
routes.rb
resources :report, only: [:new, :create], path_names: {new: ''}
report_controller.rb
def new
#report = Report.new
end
report/new.html.erb
<%= form_for #report do |f| %>
<% end %>
Navigating to http://localhost:3000/report yields
undefined method `reports_path'
Just to be comprehensive, here's the model...
class Report < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
belongs_to :weather
belongs_to :feature
end
and the routes
report_index POST /report(.:format) report#create
new_report GET /report(.:format) report#new
I'm sure this is an amateur mistake... but I can't see what it is!
You need to change your routes to include a :show path if you want to be able to go to /report.
The path that I believe you are looking for is localhost:3000/reports/new
Oh for the love of god. It was a pluralization issue. The files should appear and be named as follows:
routes.rb
resources :reports, only: [:new, :create], path_names: {new: ''}
reports_controller.rb
class ReportsController < ApplicationController
def new
#report = Report.new
end
end
And the view files should all be in a folder called 'reports', not 'report'. The model is just the singular report.rb.

Routing error for rails - uninitialized constant SubscribersController

I have a Subscriber model that takes in a "phone_number" and a "visit" integer. I have two controllers Subscribers and Visits(super and sub) I have never worked with nested controllers before and I'm having some issues with namespace I believe. Because I getting back the uninitialized constant error. Basically the subscriber controller signs up a subscriber and the visit controller counts the amount of times they've visited by user input of their phone_number. Why am I getting this error? I'll show my code for clarity.
CONTROLLERS
class Subscribers::VisitsController < ApplicationController
def new
#subscriber = Subscriber.new
end
def create
#subscriber = Subscriber.find_by_phone_number(params[:phone_number])
if #subscriber
#subscriber.visit += 1
#subscriber.save
redirect_to subscribers_visits_new_path(:subscriber)
else
render "new"
end
end
end
class SubscribersController < ApplicationController
def index
#subscriber = Subscriber.all
end
def new
#subscriber = Subscriber.new
end
def create
#subscriber = Subscriber.create(subscriber_params)
if #subscriber.save
flash[:success] = "Subscriber Has Been successfully Created"
redirect_to new_subscriber_path(:subscriber)
else
render "new"
end
end
ROUTES
Rails.application.routes.draw do
devise_for :users
resources :subscribers, except: :show
get '/subscribers/visits/new', to: 'subscribers/visits#new'
root "welcomes#index"
VIEWS
<h1>hey</hey>
<%= form_for #subscriber do |form| %>
<div class="form-group">
<p>
<%= form.label :phone_number %>
<%= form.text_field :phone_number %>
</p>
<% end %>
ERROR
Hmm, my guess is you are trying to route url subscriber/visits/new to new action in VisitsController?How about changing this line:
get '/subscribers/visits/new', to: 'subscribers/visits#new'
to:
namespace :subscribers do
get '/visits/new', to: 'visits#new'
end
Also try to move this block above resources :subscribers, except: :show if you still get the error.
Cheers
You probably do not need to inherit one controller from another. Simply define the controllers as you normally would:
app/controllers/subscribers_controller.rb
class SubscribersController < ApplicationController
# methods for Subscribers
end
in app/controllers/visits_controller.rb
class VisitsController < ApplicationController
# methods for Visits
end
Note that these must to be located in separate files, so that Rails can find the correct source file by the name of the object that it's looking for. This is a Rails naming convention.
Regarding your routes, you'll need to change to use one of 4 route formats. Reading the section on Adding More RESTful Actions in the Rails Routing from the Outside In guide might help.
1) To route visits as a nested resource, which is what it appears you're actually trying to do, you would use this:
resources :subscribers, except: :show do
resources :visits
end
This will produce these routes:
GET /subscribers/new
POST /subscribers
GET /subscribers
GET /subscribers/:id/edit
PATCH /subscribers/:id/update
DELETE /subscribers/:id/destroy
GET /subscribers/:id/visits/new
POST /subscribers/:id/visits
GET /subscribers/:id/visits
GET /subscribers/:id/visits/:id
GET /subscribers/:id/visits/:id/edit
PATCH /subscribers/:id/visits/:id/update
DELETE /subscribers/:id/visits/:id/destroy
This is the typical route structure for nested resources and separate controllers.
2) To make visits#new a simple collection (non-member) action in the VisitsController, then you likely want this:
resources :subscribers, except: :show do
collection do
get 'visits/new', to 'visits#new'
post 'visits', to 'visits#create'
end
end
This will produce these routes:
GET /subscribers/new
POST /subscribers
GET /subscribers
GET /subscribers/:id/edit
PATCH /subscribers/:id/update
DELETE /subscribers/:id/destroy
GET /subscribers/visits/new
POST /subscribers/visits
This is typically used to add new top-level routes in an existing resource and controller.
3) To construct visits as member actions, use this:
resources :subscribers, except: :show do
member do
get 'visits/new', to 'visits#new'
post 'visits', to 'visits#create'
end
end
This will produce these routes:
GET /subscribers/new
POST /subscribers
GET /subscribers
GET /subscribers/:id/edit
PATCH /subscribers/:id/update
DELETE /subscribers/:id/destroy
GET /subscribers/:id/visits/new
POST /subscribers/:id/visits
This is normally used to add new member routes in an existing resource and controller.
4) To simply make visits routes appear to be included in subscribers, you could use this:
get '/subscribers/visits/new', to: 'visits#new'
post '/subscribers/visits', to: 'visits#create'
resources :subscribers, except: :show
This will produce these routes:
GET /subscribers/visits/new
POST /subscribers/visits
GET /subscribers/new
POST /subscribers
GET /subscribers
GET /subscribers/:id/edit
PATCH /subscribers/:id/update
DELETE /subscribers/:id/destroy
This may be used to make arbitrary routes appear to be included in an existing resource, when they really may be independent.

New nested resource with link_to

I have this route:
resources :projects do
resources :services
resources :contacts
resources :title_abstracts
resources :parcels
resources :leases
resources :documents
end
this is in my Projects View to add a new Contact to the Project:
new_project_contact_path(#project)
The url produced is: http://localhost:3000/projects/15/contacts/new
And the Contacts Controller:
def new
#project = Project.find(params[:project_id])
#contact = #project.contacts.build
end
def create
#project = Project.find(params[:project_id])
#contact = #project.contacts.build(params[:contact])
#contact.save
redirect_to project_path
end
But I get the following error:
Couldn't find Project with 'id'=
What am I doing wrong?
How should I test this?
In your routes.rb you nested :contacts in :projects.
but when you use simple_form_for, you cannot implicitly declare <%= simple_form_for #contact do |f| %>. You should pass the url:{controller: :contacts, action: :create, project_id:#project.id} as an argument along with the new #contact instance to simple_form_for. so that params[:project_id] will be available in your controller.
If you really wish to use <%= simple_form_for #contact do |f| %>, you need to add
resources :contacts to your routes.rb file but you need to optimize your controller action code for desired routing. I think it would help you.Thank you.

DRY routing for one polymorph resource with nested resources

Given the following models:
class Blog < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :posts
end
class SiteBlog < Blog
end
class ProjectBlog < Blog
end
class Post <ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :blog
end
And the following routes:
resources :blogs do
resources :posts
end
In say a form partial, the following will work fine if #blog is a Blog:
form_for [#blog, #post] ...
However, if #blog is a ProjectBlog or SiteBlog, it bombs since it will be looking for a URL helper such as project_blog_posts.
I guess something like this would solve this:
[:project_blogs, :site_blogs].each |blogs| do
resources blogs do
resources :posts
end
end
I'm wondering whether there's a way to use the routes for subclassed models (e.g. ProjectBlog) to use the routes of the parent model (Blog). The "as" option only deals with the last object passed like [#blog, #post] to form_for.
Update
As requested below, here are the routes:
resources :blogs, only: [:show] do
resources :posts, only: [:new, :create, :edit, :update]
end
blog_posts POST /blogs/:blog_id/posts(.:format) posts#create
new_blog_post GET /blogs/:blog_id/posts/new(.:format) posts#new
edit_blog_post GET /blogs/:blog_id/posts/:id/edit(.:format) posts#edit
blog_post PUT /blogs/:blog_id/posts/:id(.:format) posts#update
blog GET /blogs/:id(.:format) blogs#show
Update 2:
The tip from an answer below:
form_for [#blog, #post], url: blog_posts_path(#blog, #post) do |f|
This works for "new" actions only, for "edit" actions, I'd get - as expected - a bad URL:
params[:action] # => "edit"
blog_posts_path(#blog, #post) # => "/blogs/publikationsreihe-tafelrunde/posts.5"
So the "if" I mentioned would fix this:
form_for [#blog, #post], url: params[:action]=='new' ? blog_posts_path(#blog, #post) : blog_post_path(#blog, #post) do |f|
But this looks incredibly clumsy, there must be a better way.
Easily solvable by passing the resource url to the form:
<%= form_for [#blog, #post], :url => blog_posts_path(#blog, #post) do |f| %>
...
<%- end %>

Rails 3 - Helping with a Commenting Module

class CommentsController < ApplicationController
def create
#commentable= context_object()
#comment = #commentable.comments.build(params[:comment].merge(:user_id => current_user.id))
if #comment.save
respond_to do |format|
format.js
end
else
render :action => 'new'
end
end
private
def context_object
params[:constraint][:context_type].singularize.classify.constantize.find( context_id )
end
def context_id
params["#{ params[:constraint][:context_type].singularize }_id"]
end
end
This commenting module has served me well but I ran into a hitch this morning, possibly because of my use of nested resources. Essentially, I now have a URL like:
/projects/3/albums/6/attachments/84
When I comment on that page, I get the error:
ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound (Couldn't find Project without an ID):
app/controllers/comments_controller.rb:102:in `context_object'
app/controllers/comments_controller.rb:14:in `create'
My routes file looks like:
resources :projects do
resources : albums do
resources :attachments
end
end
resources :attachments do
resources :comments, :only => [:create, :update,:destroy],
:constraint => {:context_type => "conversations"}
end
Any ideas on how I can get the commenting module to play nicely with commenting on project>Album>Attachment ?
Thanks for the input,
Posting this as an answer in order not to clutter the comments to the original question.
Since you don't have the requirement to keep attachments available via /attachments - making the second resources block useless, do something like this:
resources :projects do
resources :albums do
resources :attachments do
resources :comments, :only => [:create, :update,:destroy],
:constraint => {:context_type => "conversations"}
end
end
end
That's going to change your routes helpers (_path and _url), go through your controller(s) and view(s) and change them to reflect your new helpers.
Specifically, attachment_comments_path becomes project_album_attachment_comments_path.
The full list of routes for those models can be viewed by running rake routes in a console. I'd also recommend you take a closer look to the Rails routing guide.

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