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Dimitri McDaniel
8,718 Pointsdelete route sinatra
Within the delete "/signatures/:index" route, call the delete_signature method. Pass the index URL parameter as the argument.
<p><%= @signature %></p>
<form method="post" action="/signatures/<%=@index %>">
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="delete"/>
</form>
<div>
<a href="<%= @delete %> /signatures"></a>
</div>
require "sinatra"
def load_signature(index)
# Code omitted for brevity
end
def save_signature(signature)
# Code omitted for brevity
end
def update_signature(index, signature)
# Code omitted for brevity
end
# Deletes the line at the given index and re-saves the file.
def delete_signature(index)
lines = File.readlines("signatures.txt")
index = index.to_i
lines.delete_at(index)
File.open("signatures.txt", "w") do |file|
file.puts lines
end
end
get "/signatures/new" do
# Code omitted for brevity
end
get "/signatures/:index" do
@index = params[:index]
@signature = load_signature(@index)
erb 'show'.to_sym
end
# DELETE ROUTE GOES HERE
#delete
delete "/signatures/" do
@index = signatures.delete(params[:id])
delete_signature(params[@signature])
redirect to ("/")
end
1 Answer
Jay McGavren
Treehouse TeacherHi, Dimitri McDaniel , did you have a particular question regarding this challenge?