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I'm trying to render pages in a div on a profiles/show.html.erb to make it dynamic.

I'm constantly getting this error. ActionController::UnknownFormat

for this line in my profiles_controller.rb

def show

   respond_to do |format|
        format.js { render :show_pages }
   end

end

I've installed the responders gem (according to http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#responders it is necessary to do that.

In my profiles/show.html.erb there is only this line.

<div id="pages_content">


</div>

in my views/profiles I have a .js file called show_pages.js.erb

$("#pages_content").html("<%=escape_javascript(render :partial=>"show_pages")%>");

And also in my views/profiles I have this partial _show_pages.html.erb which is the partial that is supposed to open in the `.

** EDIT -- Here is the full trace**

    actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_controller/metal/mime_responds.rb:203:in `respond_to'
app/controllers/profiles_controller.rb:8:in `show'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:4:in `send_action'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:186:in `process_action'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:30:in `process_action'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:20:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (5.1.5) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:131:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:19:in `process_action'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb:20:in `process_action'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:32:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (5.1.5) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:166:in `block in instrument'
activesupport (5.1.5) lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:21:in `instrument'
activesupport (5.1.5) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:166:in `instrument'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:30:in `process_action'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb:252:in `process_action'
activerecord (5.1.5) lib/active_record/railties/controller_runtime.rb:22:in `process_action'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:124:in `process'
actionview (5.1.5) lib/action_view/rendering.rb:30:in `process'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:189:in `dispatch'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:253:in `dispatch'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:49:in `dispatch'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:31:in `serve'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:50:in `block in serve'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:33:in `each'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:33:in `serve'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:844:in `call'
warden (1.2.7) lib/warden/manager.rb:36:in `block in call'
warden (1.2.7) lib/warden/manager.rb:35:in `catch'
warden (1.2.7) lib/warden/manager.rb:35:in `call'
rack (2.0.4) lib/rack/etag.rb:25:in `call'
rack (2.0.4) lib/rack/conditional_get.rb:25:in `call'
rack (2.0.4) lib/rack/head.rb:12:in `call'
rack (2.0.4) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:232:in `context'
rack (2.0.4) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:226:in `call'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb:613:in `call'
activerecord (5.1.5) lib/active_record/migration.rb:556:in `call'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:26:in `block in call'
activesupport (5.1.5) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:97:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:24:in `call'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:12:in `call'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:59:in `call'
web-console (3.5.1) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:135:in `call_app'
web-console (3.5.1) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:28:in `block in call'
web-console (3.5.1) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:18:in `catch'
web-console (3.5.1) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:18:in `call'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:31:in `call'
railties (5.1.5) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:36:in `call_app'
railties (5.1.5) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:24:in `block in call'
activesupport (5.1.5) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:69:in `block in tagged'
activesupport (5.1.5) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:26:in `tagged'
activesupport (5.1.5) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:69:in `tagged'
railties (5.1.5) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:24:in `call'
sprockets-rails (3.2.1) lib/sprockets/rails/quiet_assets.rb:13:in `call'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb:79:in `call'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:25:in `call'
rack (2.0.4) lib/rack/method_override.rb:22:in `call'
rack (2.0.4) lib/rack/runtime.rb:22:in `call'
activesupport (5.1.5) lib/active_support/cache/strategy/local_cache_middleware.rb:27:in `call'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:12:in `call'
actionpack (5.1.5) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb:125:in `call'
rack (2.0.4) lib/rack/sendfile.rb:111:in `call'
railties (5.1.5) lib/rails/engine.rb:522:in `call'
puma (3.11.3) lib/puma/configuration.rb:225:in `call'
puma (3.11.3) lib/puma/server.rb:624:in `handle_request'
puma (3.11.3) lib/puma/server.rb:438:in `process_client'
puma (3.11.3) lib/puma/server.rb:302:in `block in run'
puma (3.11.3) lib/puma/thread_pool.rb:120:in `block in spawn_thread'

Can anyone inform me about why I'm getting this error? Is there anything that I should do different?

I'm rather new to coding so I'm still figuring things out.

thanks CG

codegirl
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I think you're using an incorrect use case for format.js here. Have a read of this for how it's intended to be used: from the docs, "a simple example".

If you add the line format.html above or below format.js, your page will load and the error will go away.

You can render the partial server side using the following:

<div id="pages_content">
  <%= render "show_pages %>
</div>

And then custom Javascript can be placed in the asset pipeline to contain code updating the page on the client side.

Happy to expand on this if you expand a little on the intended use case or have any questions. Otherwise, hope this adds some clarity for now :)

SRack
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