Used http://www.sitepoint.com/activity-feeds-rails/ to add "Liking" feature to valuations. Within valuations#show people can comment. I want people to be able to also like comments.
I used railscasts to enable polymorphic comments: http://railscasts.com/episodes/154-polymorphic-association-revised
_comments.html.erb
<% @comments.each do |comment| %>
<%= User.find(comment.user_id).name %>
<%= simple_format comment.content %> #Give User ability to like this content.
<span class="label label-default"><%= pluralize(comment.likes, 'like') %></span>
<%= link_to content_tag(:span, '', class: 'glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up') + ' Like it', method: :post %>
<% end %>
When I click "like" the page refreshes from http://0.0.0.0:3000/valuations/3 to this http://0.0.0.0:3000/valuations/3?method=post and the integer doesn't increase +1.
I tried 20 different variations in the _comments.html.erb code so I think solving this problem lies deeper.
comments_controller
def like
@comment.increment!(:likes)
@comment.create_activity :like
flash[:success] = 'Thanks for liking!'
end
schema
create_table "comments", force: true do |t|
t.text "content"
t.integer "commentable_id"
t.string "commentable_type"
t.integer "user_id"
t.datetime "created_at", null: false
t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
t.integer "likes"
end
routes.rb
resources :comments do
member do
post :like
end
end
Side question is public_activity the best gem to achieve a facebook/twitter like newsfeed where one can comment and like on the actual feed? I find that I'm going to have to do a lot of customization to the public_activity gem to achieve what is probably a very common goal for many app creators.
Thank you for your time and expertise!
My code is very similar to the links provided, but if you need more code or have questions please don't hesitate!
UPDATE
valuations_controller
class ValuationsController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_valuation, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy, :like]
before_action :logged_in_user, only: [:create, :destroy]
def index
if params[:tag]
@valuations = Valuation.tagged_with(params[:tag])
else
@valuations = Valuation.order('RANDOM()')
end
end
def show
@valuation = Valuation.find(params[:id])
@commentable = @valuation
@comments = @commentable.comments
@comment = Comment.new
end
def new
@valuation = current_user.valuations.build
end
def edit
end
def create
@valuation = current_user.valuations.build(valuation_params)
if @valuation.save
redirect_to @valuation, notice: 'Value was successfully created'
else
@feed_items = []
render 'pages/home'
end
end
def update
if @valuation.update(valuation_params)
redirect_to @valuation, notice: 'Value was successfully updated'
else
render action: 'edit'
end
end
def destroy
@valuation.destroy
redirect_to valuations_url
end
def like
without_tracking do
@valuation.increment!(:likes)
end
@valuation.create_activity :like
flash[:success] = 'Thanks for sharing your Value!'
redirect_to valuation_path(@valuation)
end
private
def without_tracking
Valuation.public_activity_off
yield if block_given?
Valuation.public_activity_on
end
def set_valuation
@valuation = Valuation.find(params[:id])
end
def correct_user
@valuation = current_user.valuations.find_by(id: params[:id])
redirect_to valuations_path, notice: "Not authorized to edit this valuation" if @valuation.nil?
end
def valuation_params
params.require(:valuation).permit(:name, :private_submit, :tag_list, :content, :commentable, :comment, :like)
end
endroutes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
get 'auth/:provider/callback', to: 'sessions#facebook'
get 'auth/failure', to: redirect('/')
get 'signout', to: 'sessions#destroy', as: 'signout'
get 'password_resets/new'
get 'password_resets/edit'
resources :users do
resources :comments
end
resources :habits do
resources :comments
resources :levels do
# we'll use this route to increment and decrement the missed days
resources :days_missed, only: [:create, :destroy]
end
end
resources :goals do
resources :comments
end
resources :valuations do
resources :comments
member do
post :like
end
end
resources :quantifieds do
resources :comments
end
resources :results do
resources :comments
end
resources :comments do
resources :comments
member do
post :like
end
end
resources :users
resources :account_activations, only: [:edit]
resources :activities
resources :password_resets, only: [:new, :create, :edit, :update]
resources :relationships, only: [:create, :destroy]
get 'tags/:tag', to: 'pages#home', as: :tag
resources :users do
member do
get :following, :followers
end
end
get 'about' => 'pages#about'
get 'signup' => 'users#new'
get 'login' => 'sessions#new'
post 'login' => 'sessions#create'
delete 'logout' => 'sessions#destroy'
root 'pages#home'
