Solved! How to connect javascript files in Rails application? - ruby

I am writing a simple Ruby on Rails training application, and use semantic-ui css framework.
From dropdown menu need to write a little code for jquery.
If I write .js code directly in html code, it works.
If I put it in a separate file app/assets/javascripts/dropdown.js this code stop working. But! If use .coffee, the code works again!
How to connect js files to Rails?
So, i have javascript/dropdown.js. I tried to include it in a application.js file, although this is not necessary, it did not work.
I write this code directly in application.js - not work
Solution:
I made a syntax error. I mixed up the closing brackets in method $(document).ready. The .coffee file worked, because there are no brackets! Do not code at night, the brain does not work well. I found my mistake in the morning.
P.S. as a result i used $(document).on('turbolinks:load', function(){}) in dropdown.js. If use 'turbolinks:load', dropdown menu will work on all pages of the site, and not just on the index page.
application.js
//= require jquery
//= require semantic-ui
//= require rails-ujs
//= require dropdown
//= require activestorage
//= require turbolinks
//= require_tree .
dropdown.js
$('.dropdown').dropdown({transition: 'drop'});
dropdown.js not work too
$( document ).ready(function() {
$('.dropdown').dropdown({transition: 'drop'});
})
_header.html.erb
_header.html.erb
<div class="ui secondary menu">
<div class="ui container">
<%= link_to "Sample App", root_path, id: "logo", class: "item header" %>
<div class="right menu">
<%= link_to "Home", root_path, class: "item" %>
<%= link_to "Help", help_path, class: "item" %>
<% if logged_in? %>
<%= link_to "Users", '#', class: "item" %>
<div class="ui dropdown item">
Account <i class="dropdown icon"></i>
<div class="menu">
<%= link_to "Profile", current_user, class: "item" %>
<%= link_to "Settings", '#', class: "item" %>
<%= link_to "Log out", logout_path, method: "delete", class: "item" %>
</div>
</div>
<% else %>
<%= link_to "Log in", login_path, class: "item" %>
<% end %>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script>
// Script from dropdown: assets/javascript/dropdown.js
//$('.dropdown').dropdown({transition: 'drop'});
</script>

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Ruby on Rails Ajax with Remote Forms

Hello when I add the comment in my application in the form that I have with ajax, I have to reload the browser to upload the comment. In the browser I get this error that I supposedly have in this file:
(function() {
$(document).on("ajax:success", "form#comments-form", function(ev, data) {
console.log(data);
$(this).find("textarea").val("");
return $("#comments-box").append("<li> " + data.body + " - </li>");
});
$(document).on("ajax:error", "form#comments-form", function(ev, data) {
return console.log(data);
});
}).call(this);
I have this file in comments.coffe like this:
$(document).on "ajax:success", "form#comments-form", (ev,data)->
console.log data
$(this).find("textarea").val("")
$("#comments-box").append("<li> #{data.body} - </li>")
$(document).on "ajax:error", "form#comments-form", (ev,data)->
console.log data
If you can help me, I thank you.
I had the same problem and, solve it by doing the following
In the folder app/asset/javascripts/application.js look for the next line
//= require rails-ujs and change for // require rails-ujs
In this way that library is not called and will not generate conflict with jquery.
I hope it helps you
<%=
form_for([#article,#comment], remote: true, html: { id: "comments-form", :"data-
type" =>
"json" }) do |f| %>
<% if #comment.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(comment.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this comment
from
being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% comment.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>
<li><%= message %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :body %>
<%= f.text_area :body %>
</div>
<div class="actions">
<%= f.submit %>
</div>
<% end %>

Understanding Ajax in Rails 3

I thought I understood Ajax in Rails 3 to a point but think I am confusing myself somewhere or misinterpreted something. My understanding is that if I want to call different content on the same page then i create a js.erb file for that particular action. For example if i have an action of tynewyddnews, I will have an tynewyddnews view and a tynewyddnews.js.erb file.
I then create a partial to render on that page and call that partial in my .js.erb file.
Example
View
<% #tynewyddpost.each do |t| %>
<li>
<% single = t.photos.first %>
<a class="photo" href="#"><%= image_tag(single.avatar.url(:thumbnail_news_images)) %></a>
<p><%= link_to t.title, tynewyddnews_path(:type => 'tynewyddnews'), :post_id => t.id, :remote => true %></p>
<p class="date"><%= date_output(t.published_on) %></p>
</li>
<% end %>
<div class="post-item">
<h2><%= #tynewyddpostlatest.title %></h2>
<div id="work-samples">
<% for photo in #tynewyddpostlatest.photos %>
<%= image_tag(photo.avatar.url(:news_images), :class => 'work-sample') %>
<% end %>
</div>
<p class="post-description"><%= #tynewyddpostlatest.comments.html_safe %></p><a class="post-more" href="#">Continue Reading ยป</a>
<div class="post-item-panel">
<ul>
<li class="date">
<p><%= date_output(#tynewyddpostlatest.published_on) %></p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
So the historical posts go down the left hand side and the latest post goes in the center
.js.erb
<% if params[:type] == 'tynewyddnews' %>
jQuery('.post-item').html('<%= escape_javascript(render partial: 'tynewyddnewspost') %>');
<% end %>
Partial
<div class="post-item">
<h2><%= #tynewyddpost.title %></h2>
<div id="work-samples">
<% for photo in #tynewyddpost.photos %>
<%= image_tag(photo.avatar.url(:news_images), :class => 'work-sample') %>
<% end %>
</div>
<p class="post-description"><%= #tynewyddpost.comments.html_safe %></p>
<div class="post-item-panel">
<ul>
<li class="date">
<p><%= date_output(#tynewyddpost.published_on) %></p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
Controller
def tynewyddnews
tynewyddpost = Post.tynewydd_posts.find(params[:post_id])
tynewyddpost.shift
#tynewyddpost = tynewyddpost
#tynewyddpostlatest = Post.tynewydd_posts.first
end
tynewydd_posts is a scope
scope :tynewydd_posts, :include => :department, :conditions => {"departments.name" => "Ty Newydd"}, :order => "posts.published_on DESC"
So my issue at the moment is when i try and render the page i get the error
Couldn't find Post without an ID
Apologies for the long post but if someone could point me in the right direction that would be great
Thanks
It looks to me like you're doing it way wrong, sorry. It doesn't need to be that complicated. I would start over from scratch with a much simpler example, and then build up from there.
I would do something like rails g scaffold post title:string and then do this, just in a browser console:
$.ajax({
url: "/posts/index"
}).done(function() {
console.log("done");
});
You should be able to see the data coming back through your browser's console. On the Rails side, that data is coming from here:
class PostsController < ApplicationController
def index
#posts = Post.all
# there might be more stuff here
end
end
Hopefully you understand what I'm talking about. If you don't, I'd recommend separately learning a little more about Rails and a little more about jQuery/ajax before trying to combine the two.
OK so it seems my issue was the way i was calling the id of a post and I also moved my ajax call into a separate action, setup all be it complicated is correct.
What i changed
<%= link_to t.title, tynewyddnews_path(:type => 'tynewyddnews'), :post_id => t.id, :remote => true %>
was changed to
<%= link_to t.title, my_path_path(:type => 'tynewyddnews', :id => t.id), :remote => true %>
Controller
I added a new action to handle the ajax call, finding a post by id
def my_path
#tynewyddpost = Post.find(params[:id])
end
Then in my partial I could use the #tynewyddpost instance variable
Hope this helps someone else

RoR: How can I get my microposts to show up?

Here is the users show view where they are supposed to show up. ..
<section>
<div id= "purchases">
<%= render 'shared/micropost_form_purchase' %>
</div>
<div id="sales">
<%= render 'shared/micropost_form_sale' %>
</div>
</section>
<%= #sales %> <%# This is just to see if it outputs anything. It doesn't :( %>
<div id="purchases list">
<ol class="microposts">
<%= render #purchases unless #purchases.nil? %>
</ol>
</div>
<div id="sales list">
<ol class="microposts">
<%= render #sales unless #sales.nil? %>
</ol>
</div>
so the forms (partials) are loading fine, but then when I make a post, in either one, neither the purchases list nor the sales list shows up. I checked the database and they are being created along with an entry in the column indicating kind (either sale or purchase).
Here are the forms:
<%= form_for (#micropost) do |f| %>
<div class="field no-indent">
<%= f.text_area :content, placeholder: "What's something else you want to buy?" %>
<%= hidden_field_tag 'micropost[kind]', "purchase" %>
</div>
<%= f.submit "Post", class: "btn btn-large btn-primary" %>
<% end %>
and
<%= form_for (#micropost) do |f| %>
<div class="field no-indent">
<%= f.text_area :content, placeholder: "What's something else you want to buy?" %>
<%= hidden_field_tag 'micropost[kind]', "sale" %>
</div>
<%= f.submit "Post", class: "btn btn-large btn-primary" %>
<% end %>
also, here is the show part of the users_controller.rb
def show
#user = User.find(params[:id])
#micropost=Micropost.new
#microposts = #user.microposts.paginate(page: params[:page])
end
and here is the show part of the microposts_controller.rb
def show
#micropost = Micropost.find(params[:id])
#microposts = Micropost.where(:user_id => #user.id)
#purchases= #microposts.collect{ |m| m if m.kind == "purchase"}.compact
#sales = #microposts.collect{ |m| m if m.kind == "sale"}.compact
end
additionally, with the help of this post (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12505845/ruby-error-wrong-number-of-arguments-0-for-1#12505865) the variables #microposts, #purchases, and #sales are all outputting correctly in the console.
can anyone help me out?
edit: using scopes as suggested by the answer given works in the console (it outputs everything correctly, but they still don't show up in the view. Does this mean it is something wrong with my syntax for the users show page?
edit 2:
Here is the view/microposts/_micropost.html.erb code
<li>
<span class="content"><%= micropost.content %></span>
<span class="timestamp">
Posted <%= time_ago_in_words(micropost.created_at) %> ago.
</span>
<% if current_user?(micropost.user) %>
<%= link_to "delete", micropost, method: :delete,
confirm: "You sure?",
title: micropost.content %>
<% end %>
</li>
I'm making some assumptions without seeing more of your code, but it looks like you could
write what you've shown a little differently. I'm assuming your databases are migrating
and have the required columns, e.g., Micropost#kind, Micropost#user_id, etc.
You can use scopes to refine a collection of microposts more expressively. It might be helpful to read
up about ActiveRecord scopes: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_querying.html#scopes.
class Micropost < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
scope :purchases, where(:kind => "purchase")
scope :sales, where(:kind => "sale")
# your code
end
I'm also assuming your user has many microposts:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :microposts
# your code
end
For your forms, I'd suggest attaching your hidden field to the form object (f.hidden_field) so
you don't have to specify the name as 'micropost[kind]'.
<%= form_for(#micropost) do |f| %>
<div class="field no-indent">
<%= f.text_area :content, placeholder: "What's something else you want to buy?" %>
<%= f.hidden_field :kind, :value => "sale" %>
</div>
<%= f.submit "Post", class: "btn btn-large btn-primary" %>
<% end %>
In MicropostsController#show, you can use your new scopes:
def show
#micropost = Micropost.find(params[:id])
#microposts = #user.microposts
#purchases = #microposts.purchases
#sales = #microposts.sales
end
You should also confirm that your MicropostsController#create action is actually adding
the microposts to the user sending the form (I'm assuming a current user method).
def create
#micropost = current_user.microposts.create(params[:micropost])
# yada
end
You can also confirm expected results on rails console after creating purchases or sales micropost with:
Micropost.purchases
Micropost.sales
Again, I could be missing something without seeing more of the code base.
Check Micropost.count, #purchases.count, #sales.count (by printing them in the controller, or some part of the view) to see if the records actually exist.
Also, if you want to render collections likes #sales and #purchases, you need to make sure that the model partial exists (_micropost.html.erb in your case). That is probably where you need to look for the view errors. For all you know, that file could be empty, thus no errors will show up at all.
The problem might also lie in your microposts#create (or whichever action that you are saving the micropost in), the micropost should be associated with the current_user:
#micropost = current_user.microposts.build(params[:micropost])
Taking this and your previous question into account, I suggest you go through the original code for the RoR tutorial again (and verify that all tests are passing) before taking it apart. You can always add new tests to it for your experiments and they will help in figuring out where you went wrong.

How can I hide a search button and show a spinner while my AJAX partial loads in rails 3.1?

I have a partial which returns results from the Amazon-ecs API (searches for books). It takes about 2.5 seconds to return values, so I want to add a spinner (and ideally hide the search button) but I've had a tough time getting it to work.
I already have javascript refreshing the partial with the results. I'd just like the button to give me a spinner (and hide the search button) until the partial finishes reloading.
Here is my main view (index.html.erb) which renders a partial of search results, each of which is added temporarily as an object in AmazonItems:
<%= form_tag amazon_items_path, :method => :get, :remote => true do %>
<p>
<%= text_field_tag :query, params[:query] %>
<span id="spinner" style="display:none">
<%= image_tag 'ajax-loader.gif' %>
</span>
<span id="search_button">
<%= submit_tag "Search" %>
</span>
</p>
<% end %>
<h1>Searching Amazon</h1>
<div id="amazon_returned">
<%= render 'amazon_returned' %>
</div>
My only JS code is in the update.js.erb file, which looks like:
$("#amazon_returned").html("<%=j render 'amazon_returned' %>");
I'm sure this is easy, but I can't get it work. Thanks!
EDIT: my partial "_amazon_returned.html.erb" looks like
<table>
<% for amazon_item in #amazon_items %>
<td> amazon_item.title </td>
...ETC...
<% end %>
</table>
You can hook into the before event to do this:
$(function() {
$("form").on("ajax:before", function() {
$("#spinner, #search_button").toggle();
});
});
Then, in your update.js.erb, add this again to toggle them back:
$("#spinner, #search_button").toggle();
Went with Dylan's answer, added the toggle to the update.js.erb and inserted the following into the view:
<script>
$(function() {
$("#search_button").click(function() {
$("#spinner, #search_button").toggle();
});
});
</script>
Very cool! Thanks again for the help.

Ruby on Rails 3 : Playing with views

I am sorry for my bad english. I just try to description my question. :)
I have an application layout that have a yield for display post in body. I have another yield :footerpost3 for display title of recent post on the footer.
When I in localhost:3000, the yield :footerpost3 display a recent of title correctly. but when i am click a post link, which is the url is localhost:3000/posts/3, the yield :footerpost3 display nothing.
Here is my code:
app/views/layout/application.html.erb
<!-- begin footer comment widget -->
<div class="footer_list widget_recent_comments">
<div class="title"><h5>Artikel Terkini</h5></div>
<%= yield :footerpost3 %>
</div>
<!-- end footer comment widget -->
app/views/store/index.html.erb
<% content_for :footerpost3 do %>
<% #postsMain.each do |dopostAll| %>
<div class="entry">
<ul>
<li class="recentcomments"><%= link_to dopostAll.title, dopostAll %></li>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<% end %>
i hope my question is easy to understand.. :)
Looks like your root url is stores#index .
You must be initializing #postsMain in the stores#index action and generating the content_for footerpost3 in stores/index.html.erb.
When you click on a post, you will be taken to posts#show page. So you have to initialize #postsMain even in posts#show action and generate the content for footerpost3 even in posts/show.html.erb
The answer is there in your question. You are defining the "content for" footerpost3 in that block, which exists in index.html.erb. When you're on /posts/3, index.html.erb is not rendered, but rather show.html.erb is.
To solve this, you'd need to add the content in the show.html.erb template as well.
You could solve this in multiple ways. Using nested layouts would be one. For example, you might create a posts layout at app/views/layout/posts.html.erb, like so:
<% content_for :footerpost3 do %>
<% #postsMain.each do |dopostAll| %>
<div class="entry">
<ul>
<li class="recentcomments"><%= link_to dopostAll.title, dopostAll %></li>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<% end %>
<%= render :file => 'layouts/application' %>
In this way, all the views of your PostsController would use this layout, which simply adds your footer content, then renders the application_layout.

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