problem with request.post - ruby-on-rails

I have a controller that has the following index action :
def index
if request.post?
flash[:notice] = "Searching.."
redirect_to songs_path # where songs_path is this index page that i am on
end
end
in my application layout i have defined the flash section as such
<% if flash[:notice] %>
<div id='notice'><%= flash[:notice] %></div>
<% end %>
and on my pages_path i've got
<% form_for :search do |f| %>
<%= f.label :search_text %>
<%= f.text_field :search_text %>
<p>
<%= f.submit "Search" %>
</p>
<% end %>
The final result should be a search through a youtube api ( youtube-g) but now i would only wish to make that flash notification appear when i click on the "Search" button , and it doesn't .. any ideas why ?

index action ordinary is GET request. So, if in your routes.rb there is something like resources :searches then your code won't work.
try this:
def create
render :text => "Searching.."
end
because POST /searches will refer to create action

you should update your RESTful route to like this
resources :songs do
collection do
get 'search'
end
end
Then in your Controller
def search
# Perform Your search here like Youtube ..
flash[:notice] = "Searching.."
redirect_to songs_path # This should work now.
end

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Rails Error: ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound

I am working on my first Rails project and I am running into a persistent issue. I suspect it has something to do with the routing, however, I can't seem to find anything about it online.
I assume it a rather simple fix, so please take a look and let me know if you can help.
TL;DR
What I was trying to achieve
Account detail Cards display Name, Phone number, and a note.
A delete and edit button would allow users to delete or edit.
What is happening:
Edit and Delete buttons return a weird param.
see image
Image of error, Showing Rails getting a different ID
Controller
class AccountdetailsController < ApplicationController
def index
#accountdetail = Accountdetail.all
end
#I can't find the ID to show the relevent card.
def show
#accountdetail = Accountdetail.find(params[:id])
if #accountdetail.nil?
redirect_to accountdetail_path
end
end
def new
#accountdetail = Accountdetail.new
end
def edit
#accountdetail = Accountdetail.find(params[:id])
end
def create
#accountdetail = Accountdetail.new(accountdetail_params)
if #accountdetail.save
redirect_to #accountdetail
else
render 'new'
end
end
#it affects this
def update
#accountdetail = Accountdetail.find(params[:id])
if #accountdetail.update(accountdetail_params)
redirect_to accountdetail
else
render 'edit'
end
end
#and this
def destroy
#accountdetail = Accountdetail.find(params[:id])
#accountdetail.destroy
redirect_to accountdetail_path
end
private def accountdetail_params
params.require(:accountdetail).permit(:first_name, :last_name, :phone, :notes, :id)
end
end
Index.HTML.ERB
<div class="ui card">
<div class="content">
<a class="header"><%= account.first_name %> <%= account.last_name %> </a>
<div class="meta">
<span class="date"><%= account.phone %></span>
<strong><p><%= account.notes %></p></strong> <br>
<%= link_to "edit", edit_accountdetail_path(#accountdetail) %>
<%= link_to 'Inspect', accountdetail_path(#accountdetail) %>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<% end %>
Routes
Rails.application.routes.draw do
get 'welcome/index'
resources :articles do
resources :comments
end
resources :accountdetails
root 'welcome#index'
end
In you index.html.erb replace following
<%= link_to "edit", edit_accountdetail_path(#accountdetail) %>
<%= link_to 'Inspect', accountdetail_path(#accountdetail) %>
with
<%= link_to "edit", edit_accountdetail_path(account) %>
<%= link_to 'Inspect', accountdetail_path(account) %>
#accountdetail was providing you all the records of account, as it was firing select query in controller. But here we need only one instance, so account.
Hope this helps.

NoMethodError for new controller in Rails

Cities#new controller shows error involving cities_path, but I don't have it in any file nor in CitiesController. I checked all files, tried to restart the server but still nothing.
undefined method `cities_path' for #<#<Class:0x007f9e4c1cb348>:0x00000003836140>
Did you mean? city_path
CitiesController
class CitiesController < ApplicationController
def index
#cities = City.all
end
def show
find_city
end
def new
#city = City.new
end
def edit
find_city
end
def update
find_city
if #city.save
redirect_to city_path(#city)
else
render "edit"
end
end
def create
#city = City.new(city_params)
if #city.save
redirect_to index_path
else
render "new"
end
end
private
def find_city
#city = City.find(params[:id])
end
def city_params
params.require(:city).permit(:name, :icon_url)
end
end
Routes
get "/cities/new" => "cities#new", as: "new_city"
post "/index" => "cities#create"
get "/cities/:id" => "cities#show", as: "city"
get "/cities/:id/edit" => "cities#edit", as: "edit_city"
patch "/city/:id" => "cities#update"
Form (error is raised on first line)
<%= form_for #city do |f| %>
<% if #city.errors.any? %>
<div class="errors">
<ul>
<% city.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
<li><%= msg %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<%= f.label "Name:" %>
<%= f.text_field :name, class: "form-control" %>
<%= f.label "Icon:" %>
<%= f.text_field :icon_url, class: "form-control" %>
<%= f.submit "PoĊĦalji" %>
<% end %>
When you use form_for #city, and #city is a new record, form_for will try to find a cities_path to POST the new attributes back to.
You should be using resources :cities in your routes file to automatically define the routes and their names. If you want to define a limited set of routes, you can use :only or :except:
resources :cities, only: %i(new create show edit update)
If you don't use resources, you either need to explicitly specify a path for your form_for call, or you need to provide a route named cities_path manually:
post "/index" => "cities#create", as: :cities
Note that index routes don't typically actually contain the word index, you should really just be posting to /cities, not /index.
post "/cities" => "cities#create", as: :cities

No route matches [POST] "/companyrating/index"

I am newbie to ruby on rails. I am getting this error. I have followed this tutorial http://www.codelearn.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial/forms-form_tag-params-attr_accessible-model-validation
for the form posting. But when I click on submit i was getting an error
this is my
controller
class CompanyratingController < ApplicationController
def index
#companies = Companyrating.all
end
def add
#companies.create(:companies => params[:name, :place, :rate, :rank])
#redirect_to :action => 'index'
#companies = Companyrating.new(params[:name])
if #companies.save
flash[:success] = "Welcome to My Space!"
redirect_to root_url
end
end
end
this is modal
class Companyrating < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :name, :place, :rate, :rank
end
this is my routes file
get "companyrating/index"
match "companyrating/add" => "todos#add", :via => :post
my index file
<title>Shared Todo App </title>
<h1>Shared Todo App</h1>
<p>All your todos here</p>
<ul><li> <% #companies.each do |t| %>
<li> <%= t.companies_name %> </li>
<li> <%= t.companies_place %> </li>
<li> <%= t.companies_rate%> </li>
<li> <%= t.companies_rank %> </li>
<% end %>
</li></ul>
<%= form_for("#companies/add", :method=>"post") do |f| %>
<%= f.label :name %>
<%= f.text_field :name %>
<%= f.label :place %>
<%= f.text_field :place %>
<%= f.label :rate %>
<%= f.text_field :rate %>
<%= f.label :rank %>
<%= f.text_field :rank %>
<%= f.label :user_id%>
<%= f.text_field :user_id %>
<%= f.submit "Save changes", class: "btn btn-large btn-primary" %>
<% end %>
This was my error: No route matches [POST] "/companyrating/index"
can anyone help me in solving this error
in controller:
def new
#companyrating = Companyrating.new
end
def create
#companies = Companyrating.new(params[:companyrating])
if #companies.save
flash[:success] = "Welcome to My Space!"
redirect_to root_url
else
flash[:error] = "Can't create companyrating."
render 'new'
end
end
in routes.rb:
resources :companyrating
in form:
<%= form_for(#companyrating, method: :post) do |f| %>
The problem you're having is two-fold - with your routes and controller actions
I know Monk_Code gave an answer, but since you're new, I'll explain how it all works for you, with the goal of helping you understand the system a bit better:
Routes
Your first issue is to do with your routes
Rails has done an amazing job of creating great routing structures, and the core of this is the idea of resourceful routes
By using the following code, your Rails app creates a series of 7 routes which Rails uses to send "default" traffic to your controller actions:
#config/routes.rb
resources :companyratings
This routing structure creates the following routes in your app:
new [GET]
index [GET]
create [POST]
edit [GET]
update [POST]
destroy [DELETE]
show [GET]
All of these routes take directed traffic, and routes it to the relevant controller action. This means that if you send a user to /companyratings/, it's going to load the index action, likewise /companyratings/15 will show the show action in the controller
On top of this, you also need to know what the HTTP "verb" does. This is a key principle which Rails uses to route your traffic accordingly. The "verb" in your request is the type of request that's sent, and is dependent on the browser
As you can see from the list above, every route has an associated HTTP verb. The reason why this is important is because if you send a [GET] request to a route which only works with the [DELETE] verb, you're going to get a problem, hence why you're seeing errors when you send a [POST] request to your index action
You should read the Rails tutorial on this, as you can either fix the issue by sending the correct HTTP verb (using :method => :get), or specify the [POST] verb in your index action route
Controller Actions
Controller actions are the function defined in your controller, which are loaded when you run a particular request in Rails
The default index actions are listed above, but you can also have any others you like, as long as you provide the correct routes. Your problem is that you've just used the add action, where you should have used the create action:
class CompanyratingController < ApplicationController
def index
#companies = Companyrating.all
end
def new
#companyrating = Companyrating.new
end
def create
#companies = Companyrating.new(new_company_rating)
if #companies.save
flash[:success] = "Welcome to My Space!"
redirect_to root_url
end
end
private
def new_company_rating
params.require(:company_rating).permit(:variables, :listed, :here)
end
end

Rails Copy Button Error

I have an object "device" that contains a good deal of attributes. When editing one of the devices, I want to to have a copy button that when pressed will create a new device and load its "edit page" with the old devices parameters filled into the text_field. But I am very confused on how to called action control methods with buttons and I am currently getting an error saying
"No route matches {:action=>"clone", :controller=>"device", :id=>"1"}"
If I could just get the call to the "clone" method to work then I think I would be in good shape. Any help would be greatly appreciated! My current code is as followed:
edit.html.erb
<div class="row">
<%= form_for(#device) do |f| %>
<div class="span3 offset0">
<%= f.label "Unit Name" %>
<%= f.text_field :unitName %>
.
.
.
<%= f.label "Router Terminal Server IP" %>
<%= f.text_field :routerTerminalServerIp %>
</div>
<div class="span3 offset0">
<%= f.label "N2x Server" %>
<%= f.text_field :n2xServer %>
.
.
.
<%= f.label "Last Changed On" %>
<%= f.text_field :updated_at %>
<%= f.label "Update, Copy, or Delete Device" %>
<%= f.submit "Update", class: "btn btn-medium btn-info" %>
<%= link_to "Clone", :controller => "device", :action => "clone" %>
<%= link_to "Delete", device_path, class: "btn btn-medium btn-danger" %>
</div>
<% end %>
</div>
routes.rb
App::Application.routes.draw do
resources :devices
root 'static_pages#home'
match 'devices/clone', to: 'devices#clone', via: 'get'
end
devices_controller.rb
class DevicesController < ApplicationController
def new
#device = Device.new
end
def clone
oldDevice = Device.find(params[:id])
#device = Device.new
#device = #oldDevice.dup
#device.save
redirect_to edit_device_path(#device.id)
end
def create
#device = Device.new(device_params)
#device.lastChangedBy = request.remote_ip
if #device.save
redirect_to edit_device_path(#device.id)
else
render 'new'
end
end
def show
#device = Device.find(params[:id])
end
def edit
#device = Device.find(params[:id])
end
def update
#device = Device.find(params[:id])
#device.lastChangedBy = request.remote_ip
if #device.update_attributes(device_params)
redirect_to edit_device_path(#device)
else
render "edit"
end
def destroy
Device.find(params[:id]).destroy
redirect_to root_url
end
end
private
def device_params
params.require(:device).permit(:unitName, ...., :owner)
end
end
You should specify the route like this:
resources :devices do
member do
get :clone
end
end
Then you can use the clone_device_path(id) helper.
Also, you should consider using post method for this action and use button instead of link.
You're going to have no end of obscure problems if you name your controller method 'clone', as that is already defined in ruby on Object: http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.0.0/Object.html#method-i-clone
It used to be overridden in ActiveRecord, but lately ActiveRecord uses #dup for this functionality. You can still use 'clone' in your route and in the link label, but use something else for the actual method in your controller; you might want to use an ' :as => 'my_clone' ' option in your routes, if you call your method 'my_clone" for instance.

Rails routing - where does it go next?

I have an html file as follows, located under views/admin/ve_files/new.html.erb
<div class="page-header">
<h3>Hi</h3>
</div>
<%= simple_form_for #ve_file do |f| %>
<%= f.file_field :file %>
<br><br>
<%= f.submit "Upload" %>
<% end %>
<br>
And then I have a controller located under controllers/admin/ve_files_controller.rb which looks like so
require 'CSV'
class Admin::VeFilesController < ApplicationController
layout 'admin'
def new
authorize! :create, :ve_file
#ve_file = VeFile.new
end
def create
puts "hello"
authorize! :create, :ve_file
#puts params
#ve_file = VeFile.new(params[:ve_file])
puts "okay"
if #ve_file.save
CSV.foreach(#ve_file.file.path) do |row|
puts row[0]
end
redirect_to admin_ve_path, :notice => 'Hi'
else
render :new
end
end
end
So when I click the Upload button in the html file, where does the program try to route me to? Where in the code is that specified? I get the following error and there is no output to the terminal:
Routing Error
uninitialized constant VeFilesController
because it should be Admin::VeFilesController
You are using a namespace called :admin, so that needs to be specified in your call to simple_form_for.
You can do so like this:
<%= simple_form_for [:admin, #ve_file] do |f| %>

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