Rails button_to send get query instead of post

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Rails 4 button_to

<%= button_to 'Send', {:controller => "feedback", :action => "send_feedback"}, class: "btn btn-success pull-right" %>

In API documentation i saw, that default behaviour for button_to is to send POST queries, but in log:

Started GET "/?name=%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C&email=silend%40inbox.ru&text=ghfhfg&authenticity_token=MbPeULaBSsjRmf1415AUfwQOLl5%2FkpOUzbOyJnBRMXa7%2Fgi6yyoTn8kSsVR3sFEkVxMH%2FN%2FfDEFfwWpN%2Bjc5NA%3D%3D"

In routes.rb:

post "feedback/send_feedback" => "feedback#send_feedback"

Everything works fine when i add "formmethod = post" in result html inside browser, but how to change it with rails?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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You should set the method to use:

<%= button_to 'Send', {controller: "feedback", action: "send_feedback"}, method: :post, class: "btn btn-success pull-right" %>

see the docs here

For the example:

<%= button_to 'Save', {controller: "links", action: "create"}, method: :post, class: "btn btn-success pull-right" %>

this code was generated:

<form class="button_to" action="/links" method="post">
<input class="btn btn-success pull-right" type="submit" value="Save">
<input type="hidden" value="kT0h/RaXsLfOGouIYKS6Td767VF1+q72GFl6XIIwzcbd+/Au/7gvTeGRf5ajMMV9Ds3PO7U5bF4/O5zKgJWzqQ==" name="authenticity_token">
</form>

Also use the new Hash sintaxe, see What are the benefits of the new hash syntax in Ruby 1.9?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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answered Sep 06 '15 at 10:12

Paulo Fidalgo

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Thank you for answer, but with method: post - syntax error, method: "post" - still GET query. Also tried to use old syntax like :method => :post still the same – Torry Ashwood Sep 06 '15 at 10:16
Error with suggested syntax is - ActionView::Template::Error (undefined local variable or method `post' for #<#:0x007fc7d2bdbdd8>) – Torry Ashwood Sep 06 '15 at 10:22
@TorryAshwood I litle mistake, change 'post' to ':post'. I have edited the answer. – Paulo Fidalgo Sep 06 '15 at 10:24
It generates GET query, html for button is – Torry Ashwood Sep 06 '15 at 10:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 06 '15 at 18:47

Problem was with form, not button_to helper. I wrote path to my controller/action with method in form tag:

<%= form_tag("/feedback/send_feedback", method: "post", class: "form-horizontal") do %>

and change button_to to submit_tag

<%= submit_tag "Отправить", class: "btn btn-success pull-right" %>

And now it works

Rails button_to send get query instead of post

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