Question

I have a resource in my application that seems correct but when I open index, I get an error: undefined local variable or method 'new_beta_request_path'. This happens with beta_request_approval path also.

My links look like <%= link_to 'New Beta Request', new_beta_request_path, :class => "btn" %> and <%= link_to "Approve", beta_request_approval_path %>.

All of the paths seem correct to me but something is obviously missing…

In my routes.rb, I have:

resources :beta_requests, :only => [:index, :edit, :create, :update, :destroy]

match '/request_invite', to: 'beta_requests#new', :as => "request_invite"
match 'beta_requests/:id/approve', to: 'beta_requests#approve', :as => "beta_request_approval", :via => :put

When I run Rake Routes, I get the following:

beta_requests         GET    /beta_requests(.:format)              beta_requests#index
                      POST   /beta_requests(.:format)              beta_requests#create
edit_beta_request     GET    /beta_requests/:id/edit(.:format)     beta_requests#edit
beta_request          PUT    /beta_requests/:id(.:format)          beta_requests#update
                      DELETE /beta_requests/:id(.:format)          beta_requests#destroy
request_invite               /request_invite(.:format)             beta_requests#new
beta_request_approval POST   /beta_requests/:id/approve(.:format)  beta_requests#approve

Can anyone see what I apparently cannot?

Answer 1

There’s no :new in the only array? You can either add it:

resources :beta_requests, :only => [:index, :edit, :new, :create, :update, :destroy]

or remove the hash argument entirely, since this way all resource actions are defined anyway.