I'm creating a blog on rails. Everytime a post is created on the new page I want to be back at the index page and see a flash message saying "You post was saved". On the layout I have the following:
<body>
<%= flash.each do |key, value| %>
<p><%= value %></p>
<% end %>
<%= yield %>
</body>
The problem is that I have now on every page (index, new, etc.) curly brackets on the top and I don't know why. Also, instead of just having a message "Your post was saved.". It also appears the following: "{"notice"=>"Your post was saved."}". This is the code for the message hold on the controller (posts_controller.rb):
def create
#post = Post.new(post_params)
if #post.save
redirect_to posts_path
flash[:notice] = "Your post was saved."
else
render "new"
end
end
I'm beginning with Rails, thanks for the help.
See update below for explanation
remove the = in <%= flash.each.... %> Should just be <% flash.each.....%>
<% flash.each do |key, value| %>
<p><%= value %></p>
<% end %>
To keep it simple, when you want your ruby code to render something onto the page, use <%= %>, ex: to show the current time you would use <%= Time.now %>. For other things like settings variables in your view without text rendering on the page, use <% %>.
For example, say I want to assign a variable equal to the current time so I can use it below in the view, I would use <% time = Time.now %> then I can show that time on the page with <%= time %>.
<% time = Time.now %>
<p>The current time is <%= time %>.</p>
Related
Full descriptions of task sounds:
Edit the user show page to display the content of the user’s first micropost. (Use your technical sophistication (Box 1.1) to guess the syntax based on the other content in the file.) Confirm by visiting /users/1 that it worked.
My first idea was to update app/views/users/show.html.erb into
<p id="notice"><%= notice %></p>
<p>
<strong>Name:</strong>
<%= #user.name %>
</p>
<p>
<strong>Email:</strong>
<%= #user.email %>
</p>
<p>
<strong>Content:</strong>
<%= #micropost.content %>
</p>
<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_user_path(#user) %> |
<%= link_to 'Back', users_path %>
But seems I haven't got idea behind task? Any suggestions from what I should start from?
Biggest thanks for your responses)
You should be getting an Undefined method 'content' for nil:NilClass error. The problem is that #micropost is not defined in the controller method (action) and so is nil.
And you can't call the content method on a nil object since it doesn't respond to it. In other words, there is no instance method named content defined on NilClass.
To fix the error, define an instance variable #micropost in the show action of UsersController.
# users_controller.rb
def show
#user = User.find(params[:id])
#micropost = #user.microposts.first
end
#user.microposts.first returns user's first post.
If the user has no posts associated with them, #user.microposts.first will return nil. So, you have to check if #micropost is nil before displaying it in the view.
# users/show.html.erb
<% if #micropost %>
<p>
<strong>Content:</strong>
<%= #micropost.content %>
</p>
<% end %>
I think you might be able to just do this in the users/show.html.erb:
#user.microposts.first.content
While not elegant, it's the simplest and satisfies the "edit the user show page" requirement of the exercise.
I also added #user.id because without it you don't know which user to add the microposts to for testing. Then you need to test to see if there is a microposts in order not break the code trying to display nil.
<p>
<strong>ID:</strong>
<%= #user.id %>
</p>
<% if #user.microposts.first %>
<p>
<strong>First Post:</strong>
<%= #user.microposts.first.content %>
</p>
<% end %>
I'm trying to create a helper method that will display {user.name} has no submitted posts." on the profile show view of user if they haven't yet submitted any posts and display the number posts they have . currently on my show view i have <%= render #user.posts %> which displays nothing when there are 0 posts submitted.
the partial for post is :
<div class="media">
<%= render partial: 'votes/voter', locals: { post: post } %>
<div class="media-body">
<h4 class="media-heading">
<%= link_to post.title, topic_post_path(post.topic, post) %>
<%= render partial: "labels/list", locals: { labels: post.labels } %>
</h4>
<small>
submitted <%= time_ago_in_words(post.created_at) %> ago by <%= post.user.name %> <br>
<%= post.comments.count %> Comments
</small>
</div>
</div>
ive tried :
def no_post_submitted?(user)
user.post.count(0)
"{user.name} has not submitted any posts yet."
end
on my user show view :
<%= if no_post_submitted?(#user) %>
<%= render #user.posts %>
which im more than sure is wrong but i have no idea how to implement this method .
Where you are using render #user.posts you can just add a simple conditional:
<% if #user.posts.empty? %>
<p><%= #user.name %> has no submitted posts</p>
<% else %>
<%= render #user.posts %>
<% end %>
There wouldn't be much point creating a helper for this unless you need to use it in multiple places.
Render collection returns nil if the collection is empty so you can use the || operator:
<%= render #user.posts || "{#user.name} has not submitted any posts yet." %>
Or if there is more code render another partial:
<%= render #user.posts || render 'no_posts' %>
In Ruby methods automatically return the last value so this method:
def no_post_submitted?(user)
user.post.count(0)
"{user.name} has not submitted any posts yet."
end
Will always return a string - if you use a string literal in a condition it will be evaluated as true with the warning warning: string literal in condition. Also that is not how you use count - passing 0 will cause it to query on column 0 or just error.
http://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/Calculations/ClassMethods/count
So to fix the method you would do:
def no_post_submitted?(user)
user.posts.empty?
end
However that conditional is so simple that it does not really warrant a helper method. Instead you would just write:
<%= if user.post.any? %>
<%= render #user.posts %>
<% else %>
<%= "{user.name} has not submitted any posts yet." %>
<% end %>
There are a couple of problems with your solution. Remember, rails is more about convention over configuration.
Your method no_post_submitted? should actually return true/false since its a method ending with ?. Also it should be named no_posts_submitted? for clarity. It should look something like this:
def no_post_submitted?(user)
user.posts.count > 0
end
Then, there should be another helper method that will print your required message, Something like:
def no_posts_message(user)
"{user.name} has not submitted any posts yet."
end
And eventually you can all plug it in like this:
<% if no_posts_submitted?(user) %>
<%= no_posts_message(user) %>
<% else>
<%= render #user.posts %>
<% end %>
As per the docs:
In the event that the collection is empty, render will return nil, so it should be fairly simple to provide alternative content.
<h1>Products</h1>
<%= render(#products) || "There are no products available." %>
--
So...
<%= render(#user.posts) || "#{#user.name} has not submitted any posts yet." %>
My form gets passed a 'new' Quiz (not saved to the database). My form partial looks like this:
<%= form_for(#quiz) do |f| %>
<p>
<%= f.check_box(:answer1) %>
<%= f.check_box(:answer2) %>
<%= f.check_box(:answer3) %>
<%= f.check_box(:answer4) %>
<%= f.check_box(:answer5) %>
<%= f.check_box(:answer6) %>
<%= f.check_box(:answer7) %>
<%= f.check_box(:answer8) %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.submit("Get my results!") %>
</p>
<% end %>
Here is my QuizzesController#create action:
def create
#results = Quiz.create(post_params) #from private method
if #results.save
redirect_to results_path
else
#error handle here
end
end
...which gets triggered when the user clicks 'get my results' on my quiz form. And the post_params method looks like this:
def post_params
params.require(:quiz).permit(:id, :user_id, :answer1, :answer2, :answer3, :answer4, :answer5, :answer6, :answer7, :answer8) #add other attributes here
end
My results/index.html.erb looks like this:
<div class="container">
<!-- Example row of columns -->
<div class="row">
<h1>Results</h1>
<p><%= #results.inspect %></p>
</div>
</div>
But that 'inspected' Quiz instance returns 'nil' for all the answers1, answers2 etc attributes. Any idea why that would be? Is there something I'm NOT doing to save the user's answers to the database?
The reason it shows nil is because you are not setting the variable.
After creating and saving, you redirect to results_path and the variable #results does not persist during a redirect. Without seeing the full code, I'll have to guess at your naming conventions but there are two ways to do this.
1) If you want to redirect to the index then in the code for your index action, you can set the variable:
#results = Quiz.last
This is easy to work with in development because you are the only user and this will always return the last quiz you created. Not so great in production.
2) The alternative is to redirect to the show action for that quiz.
def create
#results = Quiz.new(post_params)
if #results.save
redirect_to result_path(#results)
else
# error handle here
end
end
Again, I have had to guess that result_path is the correct path. Without seeing the full routes file, I cannot be sure but you can rename accordingly if necessary.
I'm pretty sure that this is a simple fix but I'm not seeing it. I have an app where I'd like to show a music_videos comments. Below are my controllers:
def show
#music_video = MusicVideo.find(params[:id])
#comment = Comment.new
#comments = #music_video.comments.page(params[:page]).per(3)
end
The above is my music video controller.
def create
#music_video = MusicVideo.find(params[:music_video_id])
#comment = #music_video.comments.build(comment_params)
if #comment.save
flash[:notice] = "Comment Submitted"
redirect_to music_video_path(#music_video)
else
render 'music_videos/show'
end
end
def destroy
#comment = Comment.find(params[:id])
#comment.destroy
redirect_to root_path, notice: "Comment Deleted"
end
private
def comment_params
params.require(:comment).permit(:body)
end
Above is my comments controller
Finally my show page:
<div class="comments_row">
<% #music_video.comments.each do |comment| %>
<% if user_signed_in? && current_user.admin? %>
<p class="comment"><%= comment.body %></p>
<%= link_to 'Delete Comment', music_video_comment_path(#music_video,comment),
method: :delete %>
<% else %>
<p class="comment"><%= comment.body %></p>
<% end %>
<%end%>
</div>
<%= paginate #comments %>
I'm pretty sure something is wrong with my controllers, but I'm not sure exactly what it is. #comments is in the correct controller (MusicVideo) within the correct CRUD operation (show). Currently I have six comments in a particular show page and the pagination shows up just fine but the six comments are not paginated. Any thoughts?
EDIT-------------
I figured out one the problem but stumbled on a new one. I figured out that in my controller I am declaring #comments = pagination etc. etc. when in my views there is no #comments to paginate. The problem is now that when I use
<%= paginate #comment %>
the code will break.the problem now that I'm having is what variable to paginate. Trying this code will also break
<%= paginate #music_video.comments %>
Any recommendations?
I set up a test application using the kaminari gem for pagination. This is what my my music video controller's show action looks like:
def show
#music_video = MusicVideo.find(params[:id])
#comments = #music_video.comments.page(params[:page]).per(3)
end
And here is what my show view looks like:
<p id="notice"><%= notice %></p>
<p>
<strong>Name:</strong> <%= #music_video.name %>
</p>
<% #comments.each do |comment| %>
<p>
Comment: <%= comment.text %>
</p>
<% end %>
<%= paginate #comments %>
<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_music_video_path(#music_video) %> |
<%= link_to 'Back', music_videos_path %>
It is working and the pagination is showing up for me.
I think one thing i see directly is that you should use <% #comments.each do |comment| %> instead of <% #music_video.comments.each do |comment| %> because the way you have it now it will display all comments for the video regardless of what page you are on. If you had 6 comments and wanted 3 per page you would see the pagination with the two pages because you're running your pagination based off of #comments and you would end up seeing all 6 comments on both pages because you're doing your .each with #music_videos.comments.each.
So, at least using #comments in both places would be a start. And make sure you're using <%= paginate #comments %> for the pagination. If you use this in your controller and view what do you get? Do you see any comments?
Also, Ryan Bates has a great screencast on Kaminari as well: http://railscasts.com/episodes/254-pagination-with-kaminari (that site is a great resource for rails questions)
New to AJAX and search. I feel like I'm an inch away on this one, but I'm not sure what to fix. Also, my controller looks really hacky to me right now.
At any rate, I'm trying to create a search that allows users to search through blog posts on my page using AJAX. Here are the (relevant parts of the) parts:
posts_controller.rb
def show
#posts = Post.all.reverse
#post = Post.find(params[:id])
#link_num = 10
respond_to do |format|
format.html # show.html.erb
format.json { redirect_to #post }
end
end
def search
#link_num = 10
#posts = Post.all.reverse
#post = Post.find(params[:id])
#The including function returns the search results
#search = Post.first.including(params[:term])
render 'show'
end
What strikes me as "hacky" here is that I repeat all the variable assignments (there are others I didn't show cause they're not relevant). Shouldn't an AJAX call ideally not have to redefine/reload all these variables? Also, I have to pass :id to my search action through a hidden field. This feels weird/wrong to me.
show.html.erb
<h1 class="squeeze">Recent Posts</h1>
<%= form_tag("/search", method: "get", class: "search") do %>
<%= text_field_tag(:term, '', placeholder: "Search posts:") %>
<%= hidden_field_tag(:id, #post.id) %>
<%= submit_tag("Search", class: "btn search_button", remote: true) %>
<% end %>
<% if !#search%>
<ul>
<% #posts.first(#link_num).each do |p| %>
<li>(<%= p.created_at.strftime("%b %d, %Y") %>)</span></li>
<% end %>
<% if #posts.length > #link_num %>
<div class="link_disclaimer">
<h4>---</h4>
<h5><%= "Only showing #{#link_num} most recent posts." %></h5>
<h5>Search to narrow results.</h5>
</div>
<% end %>
</ul>
<% elsif #search.empty? %>
<h3>Term not found!</h3>
<% else %>
<ul>
<% #search.first(#link_num).each do |p| %>
<li>(<%= p.created_at.strftime("%b %d, %Y") %>)</span></li>
<% end %>
<% if #search.length > #link_num %>
<div class="link_disclaimer">
<h4>---</h4>
<h5><%= "Only showing first #{#link_num} relevant hits." %></h5>
<h5>Narrow search for more specific results.</h5>
</div>
<% end %>
</ul>
<% end %>
routes.rb
match '/search', to: 'posts#search'
Currently, the search itself works fine, with three major problems:
The aforementioned messiness of my Controller.
The fact that the whole page reloads. Isn't that the opposite of what AJAX is supposed to do? How can I get it to reload just the list of links?
The URL. It's super messy (i.e "/search?utf8=✓&term=limits&id=11&commit=Search"). I'd ideally have it remain untouched by the search, but if that's not possible, maybe just something like "/search?=". How's that done?
Based on the comment here is basic logic to make the function work(Sorry for no real code as that is too time consuming)
In controller you make a method say "search". The method need an argument which is the phrase to search. It gets the result from db and respond to JSON only with the result.
In template you have a search form.
In JS, you listen the event of user clicking the submit button, catch the characters they write, and handle it to ajax function.
Write Ajax code, preferred using jQuery's ajax(). Basically use ajax() to send the typed characters to controller method in #1 as argument. Then ajax() will get the response(the search result) from server.
Update the result in DOM. You can either add a new div to show search result, or replace current main content div to show result.