Question

I don’t understand why it is happening. Here is my form:

<%= form_tag controller: :static_pages, action: :index, method: :get do %>
  <%= text_field_tag :search_text %>
  <%= submit_tag "Search", id: :search_button %>
<% end %>

However, instead of sending the valeu of search_text through the URL, it is calling the post method and sending the method=get in the URL.

http://localhost:3000/static_pages/index?method=get

Any idea the reason?

Answer 1

It’s interpreting the method: :get as part of the route the form should go to, rather than as additional options to form_tag itself. Wrap controller: :static_pages, action: :index in a hash and add parentheses to the method call. Then it should work:

<%= form_tag( {controller: :static_pages, action: :index}, method: :get ) do %>