Question

heres what I’m currently using:
Rails -v 3.2.3

I’m trying to make a path in routes.rb that will route to a method in my links_controller.rb.

routes.rb

match 'modify_points' => 'links#modify_points', :as => :modify_points

links_controller.rb method

def modify_points
  @link = Link.find(params[:id])
  @link.update_attribute :points, @link.points + params[:by].to_i if params[:by] =~ /[+|-]?1/
  render_text @link.points
end

here is how i am calling the method in my view:

<%= link_to('UP', modify_points_path(link, :by => 1), :remote => true) %>

however when i click on this UP link…. nothing happens. what should happen is link.points should increase by 1, however when i check in the console, my points are still at zero. am i creating the routes correctly?

Answer 1

I have always used something like this:

match ‘/modify_points’ => ‘link#modify_points’, :as => ‘modify_points’

Does that generate the route you want? What does rake routes show?