Rails button on click call method

Question

I am still learning Ruby on Rails and was trying to do call a custom method check_bike_in in that controller and passing it the values from the check box and text area when I click the button.

I am using the helper_method to call check_bike_in, but I am not sure how to call it when the button is clicked or how to pass the variables to the controller.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

<table class="checked_out">
  <thead>
  <tr>
    <th>User</th>
    <th>Bike</th>
    <th>Checkout time</th>
  </tr>
  </thead>

  <tbody>
  <% @checkouts.each do |checkout| %>
      <tr>
        <td class="user"><%= checkout.user_id %></td>
        <td class="bike_number"><%= checkout.bike_id %></td>
        <td><button onclick="$('#<%= checkout.id %>').toggle()">Check Bike In</button></td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="display: none" id = "<%= checkout.id %>">
        <td class="needs_reapir_checkbox"><input type="checkbox"> Needs Repair</td>
        <td class="repair_textbox"><textarea rows="1" cols="50"></textarea></td>
        <td><button onclick="">Check In</button></td>
      </tr>
  <% end %>
  </tbody>
</table>

Diego Mtz · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-23 19:33:19Z

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Your method is a POST or GET?, If your method is POST you need a submit buttom inside a form to send the data otherwise you need a link with the parameters:

Example:

For POST method

<td><%= button_to 'Check Bike In', action: :check_bike_in, id: checkout.id %></td>

For GET method

<td><%= link_to 'Check Bike In', action: :check_bike_in, id: checkcout.id %></td>

answered Jul 23, 2014 at 19:33

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Tall Paul Over a year ago

I am trying to do a POST and if I pass i nthe checkout.id then will that pass in the textarea and check box inside that tag? I am just afraid rails params would stop that from being passed in. (usign raisl 4. Sorry new to trying to not use a form_for to do things in rails.

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