Question

I’m getting a “No route matches” error when calling search_path in my search_field_tag. The search form is in my header, the idea is simply to be able to do searches on events.

Here is the route in routes.rb:

match '/events/search/:query' => 'events#search', :as => "search"

Here is the code for the search form.

<%= form_tag search_path, :method => :get do %>
    <%= text_field_tag :query, params[:query] %>
    <%= submit_tag "search", :name => :nil %>
<% end %>

(How to make sure when I submit this form that it will submit to /events/search/:query? :query being the value in the search_field_tag)

Here is the code in my events_controller

def search 
      @search_q = params[:query]
      @events = Event.search @search_q #uses thinking sphinx

      respond_with @events
  end

I also have created /views/events/search.html.erb

I’m pretty sure the error is coming from the line in the search form where I say search_path. Everything else seems to work exactly as I expect it to, though, for example, if I visit /events/search/someterm it works exactly as I expect it to. It’s just a matter of plugging in the search form and submitting to events#search. Any help? Thanks!

Answer 1

I think the issue here is that query is being passed as a post request. Your route is looking for:

/events/search

where as you defined:

/events/search/:query

So just drop the /:query at the end of your route. The query is passed as params on post. No need to have it in the routes.