Rails after form submitted redirect to empty form page again

Question

I'm building a page with a simple contact form. After users submit the form, I'd like it to redirect back to that exact same page and then flash a success message. But the reason I'm not using a show is because I want to have a brand new contact form (not what they already submitted), in case they want to submit another request. However, the redirect_to doesn't appear to be working. Thanks for the help! My controller (note I've tried render instead of redirect_to as well) ``` def create @contact= Contact.new(secure_params) if @contact.save flash[:success] = "Thanks! I'll be in touch soon!" redirect_to 'new' else render 'new' end end ``` My view ```

opening text

<% flash.each do |key, value| %>

<%= value %>

<% end %> <%= form_for @contact do |f| %> ```

Accepted Answer

Change it to

```
if @contact.save
  flash[:success] = "Thanks! I'll be in touch soon!"
  redirect_to :action => 'new'
else
  render :action => 'new'
end
```

`redirect_to` expects a url/relative path as a string, or a Hash that points to a url

eg:

```
"/user/10"
"http://localhost:3000/users/new" 
or  {:controller => 'users', :action => 'new'}
```

But when you give `redirect_to 'new'`, It is looking for `'/new'`

Rails after form submitted redirect to empty form page again

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