can't generate delete link in rails mailing view - ruby-on-rails

In my view I have 2 links:
one for edit, that works great, and one for destroy action.
metod looks like:
def create_ticket(ticket)
#ticket = ticket
#edit = edit_ticket_url(#ticket, :host => "localhost:3000", :guest_password => #ticket.guest_password)
#destroy = ticket_url(#ticket, :host => "localhost:3000", :guest_password => #ticket.guest_password)
mail(:to => #ticket.email, :subject => #ticket.subject)
end
in view template:
<%= link_to "Edit Ticket", #edit %>
<%= link_to "Delete Ticket", #destroy, :method => :delete %>
the last one simply getting path instead of destroying item.
How to solve this?

The reason is not working, i think, is because the :method => :delete is handled with javascript, and since the link is clicked from the email, javascript is not triggered. The way I would have try to solve this is by passing a parameter to the url like "delete=true" and handle it with that in the controller.

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Custom action not firing using link_to with remote=true

Very new to ruby on rails and trying to get my first ajax call working. It is making the ajax call, but it always calls the #index action and seems to ignore the URL parameter. Here's the code:
class UserController < ApplicationController
def flag
logger.debug "in flag user"
respond_to do |format|
format.js { render :layout=>false }
end
end
end
In my routes.db:
resources :users do
member do
post 'flag'
get 'flag'
end
end
And then in my view I create the link like this:
<%= link_to "Flag User", :url => flag_user_path(user.id), :method => :get, :remote => true %>
the HTML source is:
Flag User
rake routes produces this:
flag_user POST /users/:id/flag(.:format) users#flag
GET /users/:id/flag(.:format) users#flag
Whenever I click on the link, the user#index method always gets executed. How do I get the user#flag method to execute?
The issue was the :url symbol. I changed:
<%= link_to "Flag User", :url => flag_user_path(user.id), :method => :get, :remote => true %>
to:
<%= link_to "Flag User", flag_user_path(user.id), :method => :get, :remote => true %>
and everything works was expected. I was incorrectly using it like link_to_remote which requires the :url symbol. Thanks everyone for their input.
The problem is in how you are defining your routes. It needs to be like this,
resources :users do
post 'flag'
get 'flag', on: :member
end
Check the rails guides for routing to get more idea.
If you run rake routes, I think you'll see that the route created with name "flag_user_path" expects "post" not "get"

Deleting from a namespace

I have setup a admin namespace in order to access models in the admin area: /admin/pages
However i have the following problem
i cant get the delete function to work under Admin::PageController for example or any of my models.
Does anyone know how to do this.
I have the following:
Admin::PageController I have the following
def destroy
#page = Page.find(params[:id])
#page.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to admin_pages_url }
format.json { head :ok }
end
end
Then on my page index file where i want a link to delete the record i have the following: (/admin/pages)
<%=link_to admin_page_path(page), :class => 'ico del' do %>
<%='Delete'%>
<% end %>
Does not seem to work. Anyone know how to get this to work?
you have missed :method option in link_to call
link_to 'Delete', admin_page_path, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
or
<%=link_to admin_page_path(page), :class => 'ico del',:method => :delete do %>
<%='Delete'%>
<% end %>
The link_to helper defaults to a GET request unless you specify additional attributes to tell it how you want it to be handled.
In this case, you need to set some extra arguments:
<%=link_to "Delete", admin_page_path(page), :class => "ico del", :remote => true, :method => :delete %>
What actually happens in the background is the Rails UJS (unobtrusive javascript adapter) captures the click event and sends the request via AJAX. So you should see it hit your server with a POST (but it passes in _method => delete as well) to delete the object.
I'm also assuming you have your routes set up correctly. Something like:
namespace :admin do
resources :pages
end

How do properly delete this?

Something is seriously not adding up here.. My page just refreshes, nothing happens, it never touches any of my debuggers hanging out on all my methods except for index.
my html:
<%- for image in #images %>
<%= image.attachment_file_name %>
<%-# link_to_delete image, :url => destroy_image_admin_wysiwyg_path(image.id) %>
<%= link_to 'delete', { :url => destroy_image_image_path(image.id) },
#:confirm => 'Are you sure?',
:post => true
%>
<br />
<% end %>
my controller
def destroy_image
debugger
#img = Image.find(params[:id])
#img.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to admin_image_rotator_path }
end
end
My routes:
map.resources :images, :member => { :destroy_image => :post }
My disgusting hack that works that I will replace as soon as I find something better
I moved the action over to a simpler controller I built myself.
Changed my routes to :
admin.resources :wysiwygs, :member => { :destroy_image => :post }
Changed my html :
<%= link_to 'delete', :controller => "wysiwygs", :action => "destroy_image" %>
But when I clicked on the link..it brought up.. the show action ?? fffffffffuuuuuuu
I retaliated by just moving my action to the show action, and passing a hidden field in my html..
<%= link_to 'delete', :controller => "wysiwygs", :action => "destroy_image", :hidden_field => {:value => image.id} %>
def show
# this was previously in destroy_image
#img = Image.find(params[:hidden_field][:value])
#img.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to admin_image_rotator_path }
end
end
It seems you're going down the wrong path here. If a before_filter is blocking your action, figure out why. Use skip_before_filter :filter_name if the filter is not needed.
Don't use show actions or HTTP GET for deletes. Even if it works, it will confuse things down the road. Use a DELETE verb:
map.resources :images, :member => { :destroy_image => :delete }
pass it in the link helper:
<%= link_to "delete", destroy_image_image_path(image), :method => :delete %>
And use ImagesController#destroy_image to perform the action. Better yet, consider using the standard RESTful ImagesController#destroy which map.resources gives you for free.
Not sure what was wrong in the first place, but in your second, working solution, i think you should write your link_to as follows:
link_to 'delete', :controller => "wysiwygs", :action => "destroy_image", :id => image.id
That at least would send you to the correct action.
Depending on your routes, you will have to make this a method => :post or not.
Check your rake routes output, it will show you what are the possible routes, and also what names they got, which in turn you can use as a method (add _path or _url at the end). Then it should be even easier to write something like:
link_to 'delete', wysiwygs_destroy_image_path(image)
Good luck!
You're doing a POST but your resource says that :destroy_image is only available via GET. Try changing your route to:
map.resources :images, :member => { :destroy_image => :post }
Also, take a look at your link_to. The second parameter takes a URL, not a hash that has a :url key. As mentioned elsewhere, depending on your Rails version you may need :method => :post instead of :post => true. In Rails 2.3.8, you would want this line instead:
<%= link_to 'delete', destroy_image_image_path(image), :method => :post %>

Simple link_to_remote function - can't get it to work

After utilizing the great trial and error for over an hour along with dozens of tutorials and blogs posting examples, I still cannot get the simple ajax functionality to work. Here is what is in my partial:
<span id="friend">
<%= link_to_remote image_submit_tag("/images/add_as_friend.gif"), :url => {:controller => 'friends', :action => 'add', :id => id} %>
</span>
This is what is in my controller:
class FriendsController < ApplicationController
def add
unless params[:id].nil?
Friend.create(:user_id => #current_user.id, :friend_id => params[:id], :friend_type => 2)
end
end
end
This is what is in my add.rjs file:
page.replace_html 'friend', "A request to be friends with this player has been sent."
The image for the link comes up fine. When I click on it, however, nothing happens. I've checked the database and nothing is going on. I must be missing something, any thoughts?
It may be because you are using image_submit_tag rather than image_tag for the content of your link. image_submit_tag is for submitting forms so will have its own onclick behaviour which may override the onclick behaviour that will be added as part of the link_to_remote functionality.
I would try:
<%= link_to_remote image_tag("/images/add_as_friend.gif"),
:url => {:controller => 'friends', :action => 'add', :id => id} %>

Problem with Delete Link?

When I click on the delete link I created, it doesn't do anything (even the flash[:notice] part) in the controller. Am I not calling the .delete? part correctly? The POST part works as I can add tips.
Link:
<%= link_to "Delete", :controller => "/admin", :action => "tips", :id => t.id, :method => :delete, :confirm => "Are you sure?" %>
Admin Controller
def tips
#tips = Tip.all
if request.post?
tip = Tip.new(params[:geek_tips])
if tip.save
flash[:notice] = "Saved!"
redirect_to :action => "tips"
else
flash[:notice] = "Error!"
end
elsif request.delete?
tip = Tip.find_by_id(params[:id])
tip.delete!
flash[:notice] = "Delete Message"
redirect_to :action => "tips"
end
end
Design issues aside, I think that your :method option is being interpreted as a query param. Can you see "method" in the URL if you hover on the link?
If so, try...
<%= link_to "Delete", {:controller => "/admin", :action => "tips", :id => t.id}, :method => :delete, :confirm => "Are you sure?" %>
Note the braces around the part that defines the URL of the request.
Regarding the design: Any time you have multiple actions in one controller method there is probably a design issue. In this case, instead of using one admin controller method to do multiple tips actions I would consider making a dedicated tips_controller controller to map to your Tip model.
If you used RESTful routes, that is, in config.rb you set...
map.resources :tips
...then you could use the create and destroy methods in your tips_controller for creating and deleting your tips respectively.

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