I was trying to find the answer for the following question, but I failed.
I am creating simple_form with Form Object, and I don't know what URL should I specify in simple_form in order to reuse the same form for new and update actions.
Here is my code: ArticlesController:
class ArticlesController < ApplicationController
...
def new
@article = Article.new
@article_form = ArticleForm.new(@article)
end
def create
@article = Article.new
@article_form = ArticleForm.new(@article)
if @article_form.save(article_params)
flash[:notice] = 'You have added a new article.'
redirect_to @article_form.article
else
flash[:danger] = 'Failed to add new article.'
render :new
end
end
def edit
@article = Article.find(params[:id])
@article_form = ArticleForm.new(@article)
# binding.pry
end
def update
@article = Article.find(params[:id])
@article_form = ArticleForm.new(@article)
if @article_form.save(article_params)
flash[:success] = 'Article updated'
TagServices::OrphanTagDestroyer.call
redirect_to @article_form.article
else
flash[:error] = 'Failed to update the article'
render :edit
end
end
end
Form to be rendered in new/edit actions:
= simple_form_for @article_form, url: article_path do |f|
= f.input :title, label: "Article title:"
= f.input :body, label: "Body of the article:", as: :text, input_html: { :style => 'height: 200px' }
= f.input :tags_string, label: "Tags:", input_html: { value: f.object.all_tags }
= f.button :submit, 'Send!'
ArticleForm:
class ArticleForm
include ActiveModel::Model
delegate :title, :body, :author_id, :tags, :id, :persisted?, to: :article
attr_accessor :article
validates_presence_of :title, :body, :tags
validate :validate_prohibited_words
def initialize(article)
@article = article
end
def save(article_params)
@article.update_attributes(article_params.slice('title', 'body', 'author_id'))
@article.tags = tag_list(article_params[:tags_string])
if valid?
@article.save!
true
else
false
end
end
def tag_list(tags_string)
tags_string.scan(/\w+/)
.map(&:downcase)
.uniq
.map { |name| Tag.find_or_create_by(name: name) }
end
def all_tags
return tags.collect(&:name).join(', ') if tags.present?
''
end
end
Of course I have specified routes for article:
resources :articles
When I specify url with "article_path" I can't use "new" action (no id specified), when I pute "articles" I can't Patch (no aciton found). I have read about generating url and method based on whether record is new or was created earlier, I've been thinking about rendering partials as well.. but I am not quite sure if these are the correct steps to take.
You can check if your object is a new record, so you can specify different url's for a new or edit form, like this:
= simple_form_for @article_form,
url: (@article_form.new_record? ? your_path_for_new_record : your_path_for_edit)
do |f|
Hope this helps. Good luck!