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

Posted by Sviatoslav Terletskyi
Sviatoslav Terletskyi
6,150 Points

Finally, at the end of the post "/signatures/create" route, redirect the browser to the /signatures/new path (which will

what wrong?

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

<form method="post" action="/signatures/create">
  <input type="text" name="signature">
  <input type="submit">
</form>
guestbook.rb 
require "sinatra"
require "uri"

# 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

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

1 Answer

Mihkel Pajunen
Mihkel Pajunen
8,017 Points
Mihkel Pajunen
Mihkel Pajunen
8,017 Points

You are asked to pass a string to the redirect method. The following code should do the trick:

post("/signatures/create") do
  save_signature(params["signature"])
  redirect("/signatures/new")
end