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Ruby Building Web Apps with Sinatra Adding New Data Submitting the Form Via POST Request

Muhammad sharifi
Muhammad sharifi
4,455 Points
Posted by Muhammad sharifi
Muhammad sharifi
4,455 Points

anyone know why this is not working.?

i have set The form's "action" attribute to "/signatures/create"

views/new.erb 
<p>Please enter your name below.</p>

<form method="post" action="signature/create">

  <input type="text" name="signature">
  <input type="submit">

</form>
guestbook.rb 
require "sinatra"

# Appends the signature to the file as a new line.
def save_signature(signature)
  File.open("signatures.txt", "a") do |file|
    file.puts signature
  end
end

get "/signatures/new" do
  erb :new
end

# ADD CODE TO RECEIVE FORM SUBMISSIONS 
post "/signatures/create" do 
  save_signature (params["signature"])
  redirect "/#{params["signature/create"]}"
end

1 Answer

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,723 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,723 Points

your action is set to "signature/create" , not "/signatures/create". You are missing an 's' and a '/'.