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Obed Lorisson
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Obed Lorisson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 6,151 Points
Posted by Obed Lorisson
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Obed Lorisson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 6,151 Points

Help with a ruby on rails method

I'm trying to write a custom method in rails . the method is to add a video to a playlist .so far the method works fine . my issue is i want to be able to select the playlist tile , that i want to add the video instead having it define in the method.

def add_to_playlist
  @video = Video.find_by_slug(params[:id])
  @playlist =current_user.playlists.find_by_title("kompa")
  if @playlist.blank?
    respond_to do |format|
    format.html { redirect_to playlists_path, notice:'Create your first playlist to add videos' }
    end 
  else
    @video.playlists << @playlist
    @playlist.save 
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to browse_path,notice: 'Video was successfully added to the playlist.' }
    end
  end
end

3 Answers

Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson
7,625 Points
Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson
7,625 Points

You'll want to show something like a select box with the playlist options and then use the parameter to add it to the playlist. So, you'll need to add something like this to your form:

<%= f.collection_select :playlist_id, current_user.playlists, :id, :title, {include_blank: true} %>

and then in your controller you'll update the line where you set your playlist variable to be:

@playlist = current_user.playlists.find(params[:playlist_id)
Obed Lorisson
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Obed Lorisson
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Obed Lorisson
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Obed Lorisson
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can you help me out , i fix my form but now when i try to add a video , i received an error " Couldn't find Playlist without an ID" here's my form

here's the view

<div class="videos">
    <div class="video_item">
      <%=link_to (image_tag (video.poster.url(:medium))), video_path(video)%>
        <div class="item_title">
          <%=link_to video.group, video_path(video)%>
        </div>
        <div class="item_sub">
          <%= link_to video.title, video_path(video) %>
        </div>

        <div class="clear"></div>

            <div class="clear"></div>
            <div class="thumbs_up">
               <%= form_for(Heart.new) do |f| %>
               <%= f.hidden_field :video_id, value: video.id %>
               <p><%=image_submit_tag("thumbsup_on.png" , :class => 'heart_hover') %></p>
               <% end %>
            </div>       
        <div class="play_item">
          <%= link_to ' ',video_path(video) , class: 'bigbtn'%>
        </div>

        <%if video.new? && video.created_at >= (Date.today)  %> 
        <div class="new_joint">
          <h3>new joint</h3>
        </div>
        <%end%> 
        <div id="myPlaylist" class="modal hide fade"  style="display:none;" >
              <%= render :partial => "/videos/select" %>
        </div>
        <div class="add_playlist " >
          <a href="#myPlaylist" role="button" data-toggle="modal"><img src="/assets/icon_plus_off.png" alt="add_btn"/></a>      
        </div>

    </div>

</div>

Since last night i'm trying to fix the errors . 

<div class="modal-header">
    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
    <h1>Select Playlist</h1>
</div>
<%= form_for :playlist ,:url => {:action => :add_to_playlist} do |f| %>
<%if user_signed_in? %>
<div class="modal-body">
 <%= f.collection_select :playlist_id, current_user.playlists, :id, :title, {include_blank: true} %>
</div>
<%else%>
<div class="modal-body">
  <p class="generic">Please create playlist or register to create one<p>
</div>
<%end%>
<div class="modal-footer">
    <div class="form-actions">
    <%= f.submit "Add to playlist", class:'btn-profile'%>
    </div>
Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson
7,625 Points
Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson
7,625 Points

Try updating this line. I'm pretty sure I messed you up :smile:

@playlist = current_user.playlists.where(id: params[:playlist_id).first