Rails after form submitted redirect to empty form page again
I'm building a page with a simple contact form. After users submit the form, I'd like it to redirect back to that exact same page and then flash a success message. But the reason I'm not using a show is because I want to have a brand new contact form (not what they already submitted), in case they want to submit another request. However, the redirect_to doesn't appear to be working.
Thanks for the help!
My controller (note I've tried render instead of redirect_to as well)
def create
@contact= Contact.new(secure_params)
if @contact.save
flash[:success] = "Thanks! I'll be in touch soon!"
redirect_to 'new'
else
render 'new'
end
end
My view
<body>
<h1> opening text </h1>
<!--prints success message, making it a hash just in case other messages need to be added in the future -->
<% flash.each do |key, value| %>
<div class="alert alert-<%= key %>"><%= value %></div>
<% end %>
<%= form_for @contact do |f| %>
<!--form code below -->
Answer
Change it to
if @contact.save
flash[:success] = "Thanks! I'll be in touch soon!"
redirect_to :action => 'new'
else
render :action => 'new'
end
redirect_to expects a url/relative path as a string, or a Hash that points to a url
eg:
"/user/10"
"http://localhost:3000/users/new"
or {:controller => 'users', :action => 'new'}
But when you give redirect_to 'new', It is looking for '/new'