I am trying to dynamically add an arbitrary number of ingredients to a shoppping list using the nested_form
gem. This is a has_many through
relationship, and I'm having trouble finding exactly what I need. I'm getting the following error when trying to render the new
action:
Invalid association. Make sure that accepts_nested_attributes_for is used for :ingredients association.
Here are my models:
class ShoppingList < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :shopping_list_ingredients
has_many :ingredients, :through => :shopping_list_ingredients
accepts_nested_attributes_for :shopping_list_ingredients, allow_destroy: :true
end
class Ingredient < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :shopping_list_ingredients
has_many :shoping_lists, :through => :shopping_list_ingredients
end
class ShoppingListIngredient < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :shopping_list
belongs_to :ingredient
end
My shopping_list_controller.rb:
class ShoppingListsController < ApplicationController
def index
@shopping_lists = ShoppingList.all
end
def show
@shopping_list = ShoppingList.find(params[:id])
end
def new
@shopping_list = ShoppingList.new
@shopping_list_ingredients = @shopping_list.shopping_list_ingredients.build
@ingredients = @shopping_list_ingredients.build_ingredient
end
def create
@shopping_list = ShoppingList.new(shopping_list_params)
end
private
def shopping_list_params
params.require(:shopping_list).permit(:id, shopping_list_ingredients_attributes: [:id, ingredient: [:id, :name, :amount]])
end
end
I know that my new action is not correct, but to be honest I am very lost with how a has_many_through relationship is supposed to work with nested fields.
shopping_list/new.html.erb
<h1>Create a new shopping list</h1>
<%= nested_form_for @shopping_list do |f| %>
<p>
<%= f.fields_for :ingredients do |ff| %>
<%= ff.label :name %>
<%= ff.text_field :name %>
<%= ff.link_to_remove "Remove Item" %>
<% end %>
<%= f.link_to_add "Add Item", :ingredients %>
<p>
<% f.submit %>
</p>
<% end %>
<%= link_to "Back", shopping_lists_path %>
I'm using Rails 4.2.5, ruby 2.2.1, and nested_form 0.3.2. nested_form is listed in my application.js as //= require jquery_nested_form
.
accepts_nested_attributes_for :shopping_list_ingredients
f.fields_for :ingredients
Your params will come through as ingredients_attributes
and your model won't know what to do with them as it will be looking for shopping_list_ingredients_attributes
.
You need to have both of these matching for it to work.