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Robert Goddard
15,019 PointsBuilding the Friendship UI: Code Challenge 1/3
This is very aggrivating. The following code is not working:
class UserFriendshipsController < ApplicationController
def create
@friend = User.where(profile_name: params[:user_friendship][:friend_id]).first
@user_friendship = UserFriendship.new(friend: @friend, user: current_user)
if @user_friendship.save
flash[:success] = "Friendship created."
end
end
end
Link to the challenge: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/building-social-features-in-ruby-on-rails-2/building-the-friendship-ui/saving-models-and-redirecting
This is pasted directly from my "follow-along" code and it's working fine with my unit tests:
def create
if params[:user_friendship] && params[:user_friendship].has_key?(:friend_id)
@friend = User.where(profile_name: params[:user_friendship][:friend_id]).first
@user_friendship = current_user.user_friendships.new friend: @friend
@user_friendship.save
flash[:success] = "New friend, #{@friend.full_name}, added!"
redirect_to profile_path(@friend)
else
flash[:error] = "Friend Required"
redirect_to root_path
end
end
1 Answer

Unsubscribed User
21,424 PointsThank you Robert -- your code worked for me. I agree that this code exercise needs work and have seen other threads calling for the same.
Most frustrating to me was that my actual, working controller code was not doing the trick. I assume there are unit tests behind the code exercise validation -- it would be great to be able to view the validation code when one is having issues to ensure that the proper variables, etc., are being populated.
Robert Goddard
15,019 PointsRobert Goddard
15,019 PointsI was able to pass the test after finding some code in another thread. This is a terrible code challenge and needs to be reworked. There is not enough information for what's requested of a student within the first question. That's ridiculous.