I've got a question about updating attributes.
I have an user model and also a debt model. How do I make an restful approach to update all debts belonging to a specific user (users/:user_id/debts) so that they are marked as paid (a boolean attribute) from a link on the site?
You cant fit this action into the 7 REST actions, you have to create a new collection method on the debts model.
#in routes.rb
resources :users do
resources :debts do
post 'bulk_update', :on => :collection
end
end
In your debts_controller.rb
def bulk_update
@user = User.find(params[:user_id])
@debts = @user.debts
#etc...
end
In your views
link_to "Update user's debts", bulk_update_user_debts_path(@user), :method=>:post
Something like this, you can add your optional parameters as well to fit in to your task.