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The Whiz of Oz
The Whiz of Oz

Reputation: 7043

Routing when using update_attribute with link_to in Rails

I'm trying to get the routing right when using link_to to update attribute through a controller:

view (@orders.each)

<%= link_to 'Cancel', controller: :orders, action: 'cancel_order', id: order.id %>

OrdersController

def cancel_order
  @order = Order.find(params[:id])
  @order.update_attribute(status: 0)
  redirect_to root_url
 end

No matter what I do with my routes, I get this error:

No route matches {:action=>"cancel_order", :controller=>"orders", :id=>1}

Please help!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 278

Answers (2)

rmagnum2002
rmagnum2002

Reputation: 11421

routes.rb

1st case

resources :orders do
  member do
    get :cancel  #output path - cancel_orders/:id
  end
end

or 2nd case

get 'cancel_order/:id' => 'orders#cancel_order', as: :cancel_order

output path: cancel_order/:id:

1 link: <%= link_to 'Cancel', cancel_orders_path(order) %>

2 link: <%= link_to 'Cancel', cancel_order_path(order) %>

Upvotes: 1

Anbin Muniandy
Anbin Muniandy

Reputation: 724

I gave it a shot. I am not sure which version of Rails are you using. Here is my code snippet

My cancel_order method

  def cancel_order
    @order = Order.find params[:id]
    @order.update_attributes status: true
    redirect_to root_url
  end

My show.html.erb

<%= link_to 'Cancel', cancel_order_order_path(@order), :method => :post %>

My routes.rb

  resources :orders do
    member do
      post 'cancel_order'
    end
  end

There are other way to achieve working routing but this feels cleaner to me. It would be easier to figure out your issue if you post your routes configuration. I hope this helps you.

Upvotes: 1

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