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Vasseurth
Vasseurth

Reputation: 6486

Rails form that redirects to show page

I'm using Rails 4 and have a Policy model with a field policy_number.

I'd like to create a (search-like) form where you input a policy_number and it redirects you to that Policy's show page. I'm not sure how to go about this, should the form's action be policy_path or something?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 46

Answers (1)

Curtis
Curtis

Reputation: 999

The biggest problem here is that the user is inputting the policy number in the search form, so you don't have access to it at the time the form is rendered. Without using JavaScript, you won't be able to go directly to the policy by policy number entered.

Here's a possible starting point, though. Create a PolicySearchController with an index method, add a route for it, and create a simple form.

app/controllers/policy_search_controller.rb

class PolicySearchController < ApplicationController
  def index
    policy = Policy.where(policy_number: params[:policy_number]).first

    if policy.present?
      redirect_to policy
    else
      redirect_to :policies, alert: "No matching policy found."
    end
  end
end

config/routes.rb

resources :policy_search, only: :index

app/views/policies/index.html.erb

<%= form_tag policy_search_index_path, method: :get do -%>
  <%= text_field_tag :policy_number -%>
<% end -%>

Now you can iterate on this to add JavaScript, fuzzy matching, etc. if desired.

Upvotes: 1

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