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Christopher Kemp
3,446 Points"/signatures/new"
Not sure what i am missing here.
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<form method="post" action="/signatures/create">
<input type="text" name="signature">
<input type="submit">
</form>
post "/signatures/create" do
end
require "sinatra"
# Appends the signature to the file as a new line.
def save_signature(signature)
File.open("signatures.txt", "a") do |file|
file.puts signature
end
end
get "/signatures/new" do
erb :new
end
post "/signatures/create" do
save_signature(params[:signature])
redirect URI.escape("#{"/signatures/new"}"
end
1 Answer
Jay McGavren
Treehouse TeacherLooks like you cleared three of the tasks with no problem, but got stuck on the fourth. I've copied your code below and added comments.
<p>Please enter your name below.</p>
<form method="post" action="/signatures/create">
<input type="text" name="signature">
<input type="submit">
</form>
<!-- The below code isn't causing the challenge to fail, but it shouldn't be here. -->
post "/signatures/create" do
end
require "sinatra"
# Appends the signature to the file as a new line.
def save_signature(signature)
File.open("signatures.txt", "a") do |file|
file.puts signature
end
end
get "/signatures/new" do
erb :new
end
post "/signatures/create" do
save_signature(params[:signature])
# This line is the reason you were getting a "Try again" error - it's not compiling.
# The most serious problem is that there's no closing ) at the end.
# redirect URI.escape("#{"/signatures/new"}"
# But there's a bunch of other stuff going on there that you don't need.
# I'm actually a little surprised that it compiles even with a ), but it looks like
# what you have there is equivalent to this line (which will also pass the challenge):
redirect "/signatures/new"
# "#{"/signatures/new"}" is the same as "/signatures/new". You shouldn't use "#{}"
# string interpolation unless there is Ruby code or a variable that you want to include
# in a string.
# And you also don't need URI.escape, because there are no characters in
# "/signatures/new" that are invalid for a URL.
end