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Matt Dionis
10,156 PointsImplementing 'Twitter like' Follow instead of Friend Requests
I've been following the tutorials for creating Treebook. However, rather than implementing friend requests, pending friends, etc. I'm working on a basic follower/following model. I've been running into issues with my Create method in my User friendship controller. Namely, the 'Follow' button in my app does not perform as expected. Does anyone notice any glaring issues with my Create method?
def create if params[:user_friendship] && params[:user_friendship].has_key?(:friend_id) @friend = User.where(profile_name: params[:user_friendship][:friend_id]).first @user_friendship = current_user.user_friendships.new(friend: @friend) respond_to do |format| if @user_friendship.new_record? format.html do flash[:error] = "There was a problem with following." redirect_to profile_path(@friend) end format.json {render json: user_friendship.to_json, status: :precondition_failed } else format.html do flash[:success] = "You are now following #{@friend.full_name}" redirect_to profile_path(@friend) end format.json {render json: user_friendship.to_json } end end else flash[:error] = "Friend required" redirect_to root_path end end