Resourceful Routes helpers _path and _url dont work - ruby-on-rails

I am trying to redirect user to show_city_url or show_city_path but i get an exception that they are both undefined.In the city controller i have three actions show,like, and dislike. unlike_city_path and like_city_path works but show_city_path doesnt.Also when i put this in all_cities action redirect_to :controller=>"city",:action=>"show" works.What am i doing wrong?Thank you.
class HomeController < ApplicationController
def all-cities
redirect_to show_city_url
end
end
In the Routes
resources :city do
member do
post :like
post :dislike
get :show
end
end

according to your comments:
resources :cities, :controller => 'city' do
collection do
get :show, :as => :show
end
member do
post :like
post :dislike
end
end
now you can call show_cities_url and you'll land in the show action of your CityController.
PS: Following the Rails' convention makes your life easier ;)
RoR Guide: Rails Routing from the Outside In

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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.

Routing Error - custom controller

I have a has many through association.
Firms have many Users through Follows.
I want Users to be able to Follow Firms. - I am using Devise for the users.
I have the following action in my firms controller.
def follow
#firm.users << current_user
end
in my routes.rb
resources :firms do
post :follow, on: :member
end
and in my firms view
<%= link_to "Follow", follow_firm_path(#firm), method: :post %>
However when I keep getting the following Routing Error in the browser
No route matches {:action=>"follow", :controller=>"firms"}
Rake Routes confirms the following
follow_firm POST /firms/:id/follow(.:format) firms#follow
Any ideas what the problem may be?
Many thanks
Edit: Controller code
class FirmsController < ApplicationController
before_filter :authenticate_user!, :except => [:show, :index]
def index
#firm_names = Firm.all.map &:name
direction = params[:direction]
direction ||= "ASC"
#firms = Firm.order("name #{direction}")
respond_to do |format|
format.html # index.html.erb
format.js
end
end
def follow
#firm.users << current_user
end
I am using the follow action in a partial in the index view.
everything looks good and this should work perfectly. Except that I see a typo in the following line
<%= link_to "Follow", follow_firm_path(#firm), method: :post %>
after the :method there should an => not a : . this will make the link a get request not a post request, that might be the issue, try using a simple link and replace post will get in your routes.rb just to test if the issue is arising due to this.
you can also test route methods from the console
rails c
app.follow_firm_path(2)
I noticed you also have an error in your routes, there should be an => not a : after :on
resources :firms do
post :follow, :on => member
end
You should define methods like this...
resources :firms do
collection
post :follow, on: :member
end
end
I think if this method does not create anything its type should be get.
Try it

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.

How to route to different actions depending on the request method in Rails?

As we all know, a simple
resources :meetings
will generate 7 actions for me. Two of these are index and create. A really cool thing about these two!: The URL for both is /meetings, but when I GET /meetings I am routed to the def index action and when I POST /meetings, I am routed to the def create action. Nice.
Now I want to do this:
resources :meetings do
member do
get 'scores'
post 'scores'
end
end
And, you guessed it!, I want them to route to different actions in MeetingsController: GETting /meetings/1/scores will route to def scores and POSTing to meetings/1/scores will route to def create_scores.
Try:
resources :meetings do
member do
get 'scores' => :scores
post 'scores' => :create_scores
end
end
I suppose you will be also interested in having named routes:
resources :meetings do
member do
get 'scores' => :scores, :as => 'scores_of'
post 'scores' => :create_scores, :as => 'create_scores_of'
end
end
Then you get scores_of_meeting_path and create_scores_of_meeting_path helpers.
Above may be DRYed more with:
get :scores, :as => 'scores_of'
Define the routes such as this:
resources :meetings do
member do
get 'scores', :action => "scores"
post 'scores', :action => "post_scores"
end
end
But it sounds to me like it would be much easier to create another controller to handle this, as scores to me feels like another resource entirely, even if they don't have their own model association.
Ha! Never underestimate the ability of asking a question well to lead you to its answer.
resources :meetings do
member do
get 'scores', :to => "meetings#scores"
post 'scores', :to => "meetings#create_scores"
end
end

Rails 3 add GET action to RESTful controller

I have a controller with the 7 RESTful actions plus an additional 'current' action, which returns the first active foo record:
class FooController < ApplicationController
def current
#user = User.find(params[:user_id])
#foo = #user.foos.where(:active => true).first
#use the Show View
respond_to do |format|
format.html { render :template => '/foos/show' }
end
end
#RESTful actions
...
end
The Foo Model :belongs_to the User Model and the User Model :has_many Foos.
If I structure the routes as such:
resources :users do
resources :foos do
member do
get :current
end
end
end
The resulting route is '/users/:user_id/foos/:id'. I don't want to specify the foo :id, obviously.
I've also tried:
map.current_user_foo '/users/:user_id/current_foo', :controller => 'foos', :action => 'current'
resources :users do
resources :foos
end
The resulting route is more like I would expect: '/users/:user_id/current_foo'.
When I try to use this route, I get an error that reads:
ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound in FoosController#current
Couldn't find Foo without an ID
edit
When I move the current action to the application controller, everything works as expected. The named route must be conflicting with the resource routing.
/edit
What am I missing? Is there a better approach for the routing?
I think you want to define current on the collection, not the member (the member is what is adding the :id).
try this.
resources :users do
resources :foos do
collection do
get :current
end
end
end
Which should give you a route like this:
current_user_foos GET /users/:user_id/foos/current(.:format) {:controller=>"foos", :action=>"current"}
Also map isn't used anymore in the RC, it will give you a deprecation warning.

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