I have followed the answers suggested on other questions on SO (this question and this question ), but for some reason I can't get my like button counter to work properly with ajax. My counter changes only after a refresh, any help is appreciated thanks!
meals_controller.rb
def upvote
@meal.upvote_from current_user
if request.xhr?
render json: { count: @meal.get_upvotes.size, id: params[:id] }
else
redirect_to meals_path
end
end
def unlike
@meal.unliked_by current_user
redirect_to meals_path
end
routes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
devise_for :users
root 'home#index'
resources :meals do
member do
put "like" => "meals#upvote"
put "unlike" => "meals#unlike"
end
end
#upvote.coffee
$(document).on 'ajax:success', 'a.vote', (status,data,xhr)->
$(".votes-count[data-id=#{data.id}]").text data.count
return
#index.html.erb
<p id="notice"><%= notice %></p>
<h1>Listing Meals</h1>
<% @meals.each do |meal| %>
<%= meal.title %>
<br>
<%= meal.descriptionttext %>
<%= link_to like_meal_path(meal), class: "vote", method: :put, remote: true do %>
<button>
<span class="votes-count" data-id="<% meal.id %>"><%= meal.get_likes.size %></span>
</button>
<% end %>
<%= link_to unlike_meal_path(meal), method: :put do %>
<button type="button">
<span><%= meal.get_upvotes.size%></span>
</button>
<% end %>
<br>
<% end %>
<br>