Specific AJAX request failing in Rails 4 - ruby-on-rails

Question

This one has been bugging me for a while. Hoping someone can help...
I have an ajax request as follows (this one works perfectly).
Controller:
def destroy
#property = Property.find(params[:property_id])
#property_asset = #property.property_assets.find(params[:id])
#property_asset.destroy
property = Property.find(params[:property_id])
#images = property.property_assets.asset_content_type_starts_with('image')
#videos = property.property_assets.asset_content_type_starts_with('video')
#docs = property.property_assets.asset_content_type_starts_with('application')
respond_to do |format|
format.html
format.js
flash[:notice] = "Deleted"
end
end
Destroy.js.haml:
$("#images").html("#{escape_javascript(render 'images')}");
$("#videos").html("#{escape_javascript(render 'videos')}");
$("#docs").html("#{escape_javascript(render 'docs')}");
This method, when called renders the partials on the page without needing to do refresh. Exactly what I want.
On the same page I have a file upload that calls a Create method:
def create
#property = Property.find(params[:property_id])
#property_asset = #property.property_assets.create
property = Property.find(params[:property_id])
#images = property.property_assets.asset_content_type_starts_with('image')
#videos = property.property_assets.asset_content_type_starts_with('video')
#docs = property.property_assets.asset_content_type_starts_with('application')
if #property_asset.save
if #property_asset.update(property_asset_params)
respond_to do |format|
format.html
format.js
flash[:notice] = "File added"
end
end
end
end
_create.js.haml is the same as the destroy file above but does not work with the any of the renders. So if I was to just try
$("#images").html("#{escape_javascript(render 'images')}");
The create method takes me to create.js.haml fine, I know if this because I can just enter a console.log and it spits out fine, but adding the line above and the console.log line fails and it doesnt render.
The images partial is:
- #images.each do |asset|
= form_for [#property, asset], remote: true do |f|
- if asset.id.present?
.row
.large-2.columns
%ul.clearing-thumbs{"data-clearing" => ""}
%li
%a{href: asset.asset.url}
%img{src: asset.asset(:thumb)}
.large-10.columns
.row
.large-12.columns
= f.text_field :description, :placeholder => 'Description', :id => 'test1'
.row
.large-8.columns
%p
= f.check_box :private, :id => 'private'
%label{for: "private"} Private
.large-2.columns
= f.submit 'Update', :class => 'button tiny right round', :disabled => '', :html => { :id => "update#{asset.id}" }, :remote => true
.large-2.columns
%p.right
= link_to 'Delete', [#property, asset], method: :delete, :class => 'button tiny right round alert', :remote => true
Let me know if I need to clarify anything. thanks.
Logs
This is when I just add in a simple console.log. JS console outputs fine. All ok.
(18.8ms) commit transaction
Rendered property_assets/create.js.haml (1.9ms)
Completed 200 OK in 4474ms (Views: 13.4ms | ActiveRecord: 169.5ms)
This is when I add
$("#images").html("#{escape_javascript(render 'images')}");
When the render is added log is:
Rendered property_assets/_images.html.haml (19.0ms)
Rendered property_assets/create.js.haml (23.6ms)
Completed 200 OK in 4017ms (Views: 34.7ms | ActiveRecord: 54.1ms)
The log before that is all the same, I'm adding a file into PropertyAsset using paperclip and I have papertrail tracking versions. When the render fails I need to refresh the page in order for the image to appear in the list.