Custom POST routes for create action not fired up
ruby-on-rails, ruby-on-rails-3
Solution
I think the request matches your first `forums` route since you didn't specify a HTTP method. This should work:
match "/helpcenter" => "forums#index", :via => :get, :as => :forums
match "/helpcenter" => "forums#create", :via => :post, :as => :create_forum
Or the shorthand version:
get "/helpcenter" => "forums#index", :as => :forums
post "/helpcenter" => "forums#create", :as => :create_forum
Problem
# Explaining the context ``` puts "I am learning Rails, building a simple forum application." puts "I am pretty satisfied to where I got so far but routes... " puts "...still figuring them out." puts "Been 2 days trying all sorts of things." puts "This is where I am now, and something is not working as expected." puts "Any help/pointers would be appreciated! :)" ``` # The Problem ``` puts "I want my forum's create path to be '/helpcenter' and not '/helpcenter/cat'." puts "When I access the form to create a new forum and I hit submit, " puts "the form post to '/helpcenter' correctly (firebuged)" puts "but I get the index, not the create!" puts "I even put debugger in my create action but it is not being called." ``` # config/routes.rb ``` scope "/helpcenter" do resources :cat, :controller => "forums", :as => :forums do resources :topics , :controller => "forum_topics", :as => :topics resources :posts, :controller => "forum_posts", :as => :posts end end match "/helpcenter" => "forums#index", :as => :forums match "/helpcenter" => "forums#create", :via => :post, :as => :create_forum ``` I hope this problem is in the way I created the route. I tried many different things. # _form.html.erb ``` <%= form_for(@forum) do |f| %> .... <% end %> ``` I am using standard form_for helper. # Rake Routes for Forums ``` $ CONTROLLER=forums rake routes delete_forum GET /helpcenter/cat/:id/delete(.:format) forums#delete forums GET /helpcenter/cat(.:format) forums#index POST /helpcenter/cat(.:format) forums#create new_forum GET /helpcenter/cat/new(.:format) forums#new edit_forum GET /helpcenter/cat/:id/edit(.:format) forums#edit forum GET /helpcenter/cat/:id(.:format) forums#show PUT /helpcenter/cat/:id(.:format) forums#update DELETE /helpcenter/cat/:id(.:format) forums#destroy forums /helpcenter(.:format) forums#index create_forum POST /helpcenter(.:format) forums#create ``` We clearly see a route for POST /helpcenter which is binded to the create action of the forums controller. # Logs ``` Started POST "/helpcenter" for 127.0.0.1 at 2012-07-02 12:25:00 -0400 Processing by ForumsController#index as HTML Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"d5iVKCh234234=", "forum"=>{"name"=>"", "description"=>""}, "commit"=>"Save Changes"} ``` The logs clearly shows I am doing a POST on /helpcenter but that it fires up the index action instead of the create action! # What am I doing wrong? ``` puts "Thanks!" ```