{"id":620,"date":"2011-11-28T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/?p=620"},"modified":"2011-11-28T22:52:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T22:52:00","slug":"ruby-on-the-rails-search-functionality-2nd-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/ruby-on-the-rails-search-functionality-2nd-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby on the Rails Search Functionality 2nd attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

My first attempt is here<\/a>. However that lacked a search box. It was neat in that you could reference the search directly as http:\/\/blah\/blah\/searchstring. However that’s not really what we want, as we want to use search forms and such….<\/p>\n

So attempt 2.<\/p>\n

First add routes for 2 net methods to routes.rb:<\/p>\n

\r\n  resources :words do\r\n    collection do\r\n      get 'dosearch'\r\n      get 'search'\r\n    end\r\n  end\r\n<\/pre>\n
I then added 2 new methods to the appropriate controller:<\/p>\n
\r\n  def search\r\n    @words = Word.where("word = ?",params[:id]) #all #find(params[:id])\r\n\r\n    respond_to do |format|\r\n      format.html # search.html.erb\r\n      format.json { render json: @words }\r\n    end\r\n  end\r\n\r\n  def dosearch\r\n    @word = ""\r\n    respond_to do |format|\r\n      format.html\r\n      format.json { render json: word }\r\n    end\r\n  end\r\n<\/pre>\n
The first method is as before, and performs the search. The second method really just returns the search html. Perhaps I shouldn’t be using a method for this at all? Just some static html?<\/p>\n
Then I added a dosearch.html.erb which will render the search form:<\/p>\n
\r\n<h1>Search for word<\/h1>\r\n\r\n<%= render 'searchform' %>\r\n\r\n<%= link_to 'Back', words_path %>\r\n<\/pre>\n
And a _searchform.html.erb which \/actually\/ renders the form:<\/p>\n
\r\n%= form_tag("\/words\/search", :method => "get") do %>\r\n  <%= label_tag(:q, "Search for:") %>\r\n  <%= text_field_tag(:id) %>\r\n  <%= submit_tag("Search") %>\r\n<% end %>\r\n<\/pre>\n
Next I added a search.html.erb for the search results:<\/p>\n
\r\n<h1>Search Results<\/h1>\r\n\r\n<table>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <th>Word<\/th>\r\n    <th>Definition<\/th>\r\n    <th>Tags<\/th>\r\n    <th><\/th>\r\n    <th><\/th>\r\n    <th><\/th>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n\r\n<% @words.each do |word| %>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td><%= word.word %><\/td>\r\n    <td><%= word.tags %><\/td>\r\n    <td><%= word.definition %><\/td>\r\n    <td><%= link_to 'Show', word %><\/td>\r\n    <td><%= link_to 'Edit', edit_word_path(word) %><\/td>\r\n    <td><%= link_to 'Destroy', word, confirm: 'Are you sure?', method: :delete %><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n<% end %>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n<br \/>\r\n\r\n<%= link_to 'New Word', new_word_path %>\r\n\r\n<% if session[:user_id] %>\r\n<%= button_to 'Logout', logout_path, method: :delete %>\r\n<% end %>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id="main" >\r\n<%= yield %>\r\n<\/pre>\n
Which is pretty much a standard index.html.erb to return a list.<\/p>\n
That is all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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