After I associated the comments & the posts, the post_delete_path started sending a GET request instead of a Delete one when called, showing the following error : <No route matches [DELETE] "/delete_post.3">
The routes.erb file :
Rails.application.routes.draw do
#get 'posts/index'
resources :posts do
resources :comments, only: [:destroy, :create]
end
delete'/delete_post', to: 'posts#destroy'
resources :likes, only: [:destroy, :create]
resources :sessions, only: [:create, :destroy]
get 'sessions/new'
get 'sing_in', to: 'sessions#new'
get 'sign_out', to: 'sessions#destroy'
resources :users, only: [:create, :destroy]
get 'users/new'
get '/register', to: 'users#new'
root 'posts#index'
end
Posts Controller :
class PostsController < ApplicationController
before_action :ensure_user
before_action :correct_user, only: [:edit, :update, :destroy]
def index
@posts = Post.all.order("created_at DESC")
end
def show
@post = Post.find(params[:id])
end
def new
@post = current_user.posts.new
end
def create
@post = current_user.posts.new(post_params)
if @post.save
redirect_to post_url(@post)
else
render 'new', notice: "Couldn't create the post!"
end
end
def edit
@post = set_post
end
def update
@post = current_user.posts.find(params[:id])
if @post.update(post_params)
redirect_to post_url(@post)
else
redirect_to post_url(@post), notice: "Couldn't update the post!"
end
end
def destroy
@post = current_user.posts.find([params[:id]])
if @post.destroy
redirect_to posts_path, notice: "Post has been deleted!"
else
redirect_to post_url(@post), notice: "Couldn't delete the post!"
end
end
private
def correct_user
@post = current_user.posts.find_by(id: params[:id])
redirect_to root_path, notice: "You are not authorized to edit this post!" if @post.nil?
end
def set_post
return Post.find(params[:id])
end
def post_params
params.require(:post).permit(:title, :content)
end
end
The delete button in the show file in the views for the post :
<%= button_to 'Delete', delete_post_path(@post), method: :delete %>
The route to delete the post with the DELETE request ain't showing, even after specifying it in the routes file : enter image description here
I tried specifying the delete path in the routes under the posts resources, yet it showed the new path with a GET method instead of DELETE.
resources :posts do
resources :comments, only: [:destroy, :create]
delete'/post_delete', to: 'posts#destroy'
end
resources :posts do
resources :comments, only: [:destroy, :create]
end
delete'/post_delete', to: 'posts#destroy'
Also, I tried switching between button_to & link_to, though it ain't help.
UPDATE:
I figured out that what causing the problem were two things, the first was a routing issue, I defined a post_delete route with a get method instead of a delete one, although I have the resources :posts available to use, so I got rid of it. Second, when deleting a post with comments or likes associated with it, I was getting the NotNullViolation error cuz the post_id for comments and likes cant be null, so to overcome this problem, in the destroy function in the post controller, I deleted all of the comments and likes associated with the post before deleting it : ```
def destroy
@post = current_user.posts.find(params[:id])
@post.likes.destroy_all
@post.comments.destroy_all
if @post.destroy
redirect_to posts_path, notice: "Post has been successfully deleted!"
else
redirect_to @post
flash[:notice] = "Can't delete the post!"
end
end
