Help adding a hidden form to ERB file.

Question

I set input type to "hidden" name to "_method" and value to "delete," am I missing something?

views/show.erb

<p><%= @signature %></p>

<form method="post" action="/signatures/<%=@index%>"
  <input type="submit" value="Delete This Signature"/>
  <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="delete"/>
</form>

guestbook.rb

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

Answer 1 · 2017-06-05T18:29:12Z

June 5, 2017 6:29pm

Looks like your opening <form tag is missing the closing >. I added that and was immediately able to pass Task 3 with no other changes to your code.

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Help adding a hidden form to ERB file.

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