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Ruby Rails Routes and Resources A Route to a Read Action Finding a Model Object

yanchung cheng
yanchung cheng
11,640 Points
Posted by yanchung cheng
yanchung cheng
11,640 Points

Finding A Model Object

Not sure what is up with this.

Instruction - We've set up the following in routes.rb: get '/pets/:id', to: 'pets#show' But that controller action method doesn't exist yet. Create it now. Within the method, use the :id parameter to find the matching Pet record, and assign the result to the @pet instance variable.

Error - Bummer! NameError: undefined local variable or method `pets' for PetsController:Class Did you mean? puts Restart Get Help Recheck work

My Answer - class PetsController < ApplicationController

@pet = Pet.find(pets[:id]) end

Adriana Cabrera
Adriana Cabrera
14,618 Points
Adriana Cabrera
Adriana Cabrera
14,618 Points

You were very close, you just need to add params. I had the same issue and later I was able to figure out. I am glad we were able to figure out and continue with our journey.

def show @pet = Pet.find(params[:id]) end

2 Answers

JUN MENG
JUN MENG
10,249 Points
JUN MENG
JUN MENG
10,249 Points 
  def show 
    @pet = Pet.find(params[:id])
  end
Gabriel Carreau
Gabriel Carreau
8,738 Points
Gabriel Carreau
Gabriel Carreau
8,738 Points

You're not defining a show method, I just had the same problem!

def show
*code*
end