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Ruby Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Deleting Todo Items

Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Posted by Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

Please can someone help

Please can someone help me with the error I am getting.

1) Deleting todo items is successful
     Failure/Error: click_link "Delete"
     ActionController::RoutingError:
       No route matches [DELETE] "/todo_lists/1/todo_items/1/edit"
     # ./spec/features/todo_items/delete_spec.rb:17:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # ./spec/features/todo_items/delete_spec.rb:16:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

Where do I start to debug this. How can I correct this.

6 Answers

Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

Thanks Steve for your help. I have managed to sort this out.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

That was proper cold, yes! Brrrr! But being hauled around by 4 large dogs made it a little warmer than it might have been. :+1:

Well done fixing the issue; what was it?

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Brian,

Is your project in a remote Github repository?

You've got a bad route so your controller isn't working quite right, or routes aren't defined.

There's also an issue with the view you're on. Your delete route looks like it is called from the edit link. Github will help, else I'll get more specific with my thoughts.

Steve.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Do your other routes work?

Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

Remind me how can I check that?

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

If you get no errors when navigating the page. Routes get you to the right bit of your page.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

For example, the current test that is failing is saying that you are unable to delete a todo_item. It is saying there's no route to the delete result.

I'll do this in the morning. I need to punt the dogs out for a wee and then I need sleep.

Steve.

Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

No problem! It's cold out there wrap up! Thanks for your help.

Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

My index.html.erb in todoitems was wrong. Someone noticed this on Stackoverflow. Thought I would spread my net out wide.