Ruby on rails Ajax call showing 404 error - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am making and ajax call to hit the controller but it is showing the 404 error:
My controller method is like:
def get_user_time
if(params[:user])
#user_time_checks = UserTimeCheck.where(:user_id => params[:user])
end
end
And my route for this is like:
post "user_time_checks/get_user_time"
And my ajax script is like:
function get_user_time(id) {
var user_id = id;
if(user_id != ''){
$.ajax({
url:"get_user_time?user="+user_id,
type:"POST",
success: function(time){
console.log(time);
},error: function(xhr,response){
console.log("Error code is "+xhr.status+" and the error is "+response);
}
});
}
}

Answer 1

Try this:
$.ajax({
url:"user_time_checks/get_user_time",
type:"POST",
data: {
user: user_id
},
success: function(time){
console.log(time);
},error: function(xhr,response){
console.log("Error code is "+xhr.status+" and the error is "+response);
}
});
Also make sure you really need to do POST method and that rails route does not require specific paramater like :user_id. Basically check the output from
rake routes | grep get_user_time

Answer 2

Your route should be:
post "user_time_checks/get_user_time" => "user_time_checks#get_user_time"
Also, since the purpose of the request is to get some data, you should make it a GET request instead. So:
function get_user_time(id) {
var user_id = id;
if(user_id != ''){
$.get("get_user_time",
{user: user_id})
.success(function(time) {
console.log(time);
})
.error(function(xhr,response){
console.log("Error code is "+xhr.status+" and the error is "+response);
});
}
}
Lastly, maybe you should tell the controller to be able to repond_to json:
def get_user_time
if(params[:user])
#user_time_checks = UserTimeCheck.where(:user_id => params[:user])
respond_to do |format|
format.html # The .html response
format.json { render :json => #user_time_checks }
end
end
end