I'm new to Rails, and I'm trying to use the link_to helper to create a link that issues a PUT request instead of a GET request. Specifically, I'm trying to create a link that activates a user's account in my app from the admin's panel. I'm using Rails 3.0.5.
My routes.rb file has:
match '/admin/users/:id/activate' => 'admin#activate_user',
:action => :activate_user, :via => :put
My view has:
link_to 'Activate', :action => :activate_user, :id => user.id, :method => :put
However this generates the URL (for example) /admin/users/7/activate?method=put with the source code <a href="/admin/users/7/activate?method=put">Activate</a>.
I'd like to generate, instead, <a href = "/admin/users/7/activate" data-method="put">Activate</a>
I realize I could use button_to, but I've been wrestling with this issue for a while and I'm confused why I'm seeing this behavior, when other tutorials say that what I'm doing should be valid. How can I go about creating a link_to helper with the behavior I want?
Updated - The link_to helper will do a GET unless a method is specified.
Its better specifying the exact request type, instead of match in your routes file. How about replacing match by put in routes as :
put '/admin/users/:id/activate' => 'admins#activate_user', :as => 'activate_user'
link_to 'Activate', activate_user_path(user.id), method: :put
The activate_user method should reside in admins controller.
The docs has more info on link_to helper.