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Glenn Barnard
Glenn Barnard
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Posted by Glenn Barnard
Glenn Barnard
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Implementing AJAX - Part 3 Issue - 500 Internal Server Error

I'm about 2:20 into the Part 3 video, where testing that the AJAX function on the button works, however, when I click the button (hoping it changes to "Friendship Requested), nothing happens, and the JS console is returning a 500 (Internal Server Error) message. This is when running on my localhost. I understand that this might happen after deploying to Heroku, but not sure why it would be happening on my local machine.

My Terminal outputs:

NoMethodError (undefined method email' for nil:NilClass): app/mailers/user_notifier.rb:12:infriend_requested' app/models/user_friendship.rb:34:in send_request_email' app/models/user_friendship.rb:27:inblock in request' app/models/user_friendship.rb:23:in request' app/controllers/user_friendships_controller.rb:37:increate'

And my js developer console outputs:

POST http://localhost:3000/user_friendships?user_friendship%5Bfriend_id%5D= 500 (Internal Server Error) application.js?body=1:26 send application.js?body=1:26 ce.extend.ajax application.js?body=1:25 (anonymous function) user_friendships.js?body=1:6 ce.event.dispatch application.js?body=1:25 v.handle application.js?body=1:25

However, I can't seem to figure out exactly what is occurring. I've reset the databases multiple times and deleted and recreated various test profiles. Without AJAX, everything seems to work fine, but once I try to user_friendships.js, the error occurs.

Hopefully someone can help me figure this out.