Question

I have an email form. But I’m making a test email form where a user can add a unique email, and have the email test send it to that particular email.

To make it easy, I decided to make the test email perform via ajax, and stick the whole thing inside of the other email form.

I can’t figure out how to send the variables from my HAML to my controller

new.html.haml

- form_tag admin_email_blast_path do
  Subject
  %br
  = text_field_tag 'subject', :class => "mass_email_subject"
  %br
  Body
  %br
  = text_area_tag 'message', '', :name => 'editor1', :class => "mass_email_body"
  %br/
  = submit_tag 'Send Email', :class => 'button'

  .grid_3.right.align_right.suffix_1  # <= TEST EMAIL :D
    = text_field_tag 'email', nil, :style => "width: 150px;", :class => "test_email_address"
    = link_to 'Test Email',  test_email_admin_email_blast_path, :class => 'button test_email'

JS

$(".test_email").live("click", function() {

  var email = $(".test_email_address")
  var subject = $(".mass_email_subject");
  var body = $(".mass_email_body");

  data = "email=" + email.val() + "&subject" + subject.val() + "&body" + body.val();

  $.ajax({type: "GET", 
          url: $(this).attr("href"), 
          dataType: "script"
          data: data
          });
  return false;
});

Controller

def test_email
  debugger
  email = params[:email]
  subject = params[:subject]
  body = params[:body]
  Notifier.deliver_email_blast(email, subject, body)
end

routes.rb

admin.resource :email_blast, :member => {
                                :test_email => :get
                                }

I apologize ahead of time if this is a dumb newbie question. 🙁

Answer 1

You could use the data parameter:

$('.test_email').live('click', function() {

    var subject = $('.mass_email_subject');
    var body = $('.mass_email_body');

    $.ajax({
        type: 'GET', 
        url: this.href, 
        dataType: 'script',
        data: { subject: subject.val(), body: body.val() }
    });
    return false;
});