Ruby on Rails link_to With put Method

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maksim picture maksim · Feb 16, 2012 · Viewed 27.1k times · Source

I'm new to Rails, and I'm trying to use the link_to helper to create a link that issues a PUT request instead of a GET request. Specifically, I'm trying to create a link that activates a user's account in my app from the admin's panel. I'm using Rails 3.0.5.

My routes.rb file has:

match '/admin/users/:id/activate' => 'admin#activate_user',
  :action => :activate_user, :via => :put

My view has:

link_to 'Activate', :action => :activate_user, :id => user.id, :method => :put

However this generates the URL (for example) /admin/users/7/activate?method=put with the source code <a href="/admin/users/7/activate?method=put">Activate</a>.

I'd like to generate, instead, <a href = "/admin/users/7/activate" data-method="put">Activate</a>

I realize I could use button_to, but I've been wrestling with this issue for a while and I'm confused why I'm seeing this behavior, when other tutorials say that what I'm doing should be valid. How can I go about creating a link_to helper with the behavior I want?

Answer

prasvin picture prasvin · Feb 16, 2012

Updated - The link_to helper will do a GET unless a method is specified.

Its better specifying the exact request type, instead of match in your routes file. How about replacing match by put in routes as :

put '/admin/users/:id/activate' => 'admins#activate_user', :as => 'activate_user'

link_to 'Activate', activate_user_path(user.id), method: :put

The activate_user method should reside in admins controller. The docs has more info on link_to helper.

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