Ruby on Rails link_to With put Method

Question

I'm new to Rails, and I'm trying to use the link_to helper to create a link that issues a PUT request instead of a GET request. Specifically, I'm trying to create a link that activates a user's account in my app from the admin's panel. I'm using Rails 3.0.5.

My routes.rb file has:

match '/admin/users/:id/activate' => 'admin#activate_user',
  :action => :activate_user, :via => :put

My view has:

link_to 'Activate', :action => :activate_user, :id => user.id, :method => :put

However this generates the URL (for example) /admin/users/7/activate?method=put with the source code <a href="/admin/users/7/activate?method=put">Activate</a>.

I'd like to generate, instead, <a href = "/admin/users/7/activate" data-method="put">Activate</a>

I realize I could use button_to, but I've been wrestling with this issue for a while and I'm confused why I'm seeing this behavior, when other tutorials say that what I'm doing should be valid. How can I go about creating a link_to helper with the behavior I want?

prasvin · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-21T14:36:27.057

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Updated - The link_to helper will do a GET unless a method is specified.

Its better specifying the exact request type, instead of match in your routes file. How about replacing match by put in routes as :

put '/admin/users/:id/activate' => 'admins#activate_user', :as => 'activate_user'

link_to 'Activate', activate_user_path(user.id), method: :put

The activate_user method should reside in admins controller. The docs has more info on link_to helper.

edited Sep 21 '14 at 14:36

answered Feb 16 '12 at 05:22

prasvin

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what does rake routes produce for above put path ?? Can you post it ? – prasvin Feb 16 '12 at 05:32
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This doesn't work for me. If no method is defined in the link_to, I get a No route matches [GET] error message. – ndemoreau Aug 14 '12 at 06:10
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The link_to-helper will do a GET unless you specify a method. So this answer is at least partially incorrect. Downvoting. – Jesper Aug 27 '13 at 14:44
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Does not work without `:method=>:put`. Should not have been accepted. – Grant Birchmeier Jan 06 '14 at 23:35
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It only works if you change your routes. Please look at the answer closely before downvoting. – maksim Sep 17 '14 at 01:04
With Rails 7, this should be `, data: { 'turbo-method': :put }` – riley Oct 01 '22 at 23:04

score 32 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 16 '12 at 05:43

link_to thinks that :method => :put is part of the path hash. You have to tell it otherwise. Wrap your path in brackets.

link_to 'Activate', {:action => :activate_user, :id => user.id}, :method => :put

Now link_to will recognize :method => :put as an option, not part of the link's path.

As a side note, you should try to use route helpers instead of path hashes whenever possible. Keeps things nice and tidy, and avoids nit-picky situations like this.

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 28 '20 at 19:19

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If You are using link_to do then you can use the following syntax

<%= link_to admin_subscription_path(user), method: :put do %>
 # can put html & css here
<% end %>

edited Dec 28 '20 at 19:19

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answered Dec 28 '20 at 18:12

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Ruby on Rails link_to With put Method

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