views/vehicles/_form.html.haml
= link_to "Deactivate", "/vehicles/deactivate"
I want to pass in @vehicle in my link_to above. How do I do this?
controllers/vehicles_controller.rb
def deactivate
@vehicle = Vehicle.find(params[:id])
@vehicle.active = 0
@vehicle.save
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to vehicles_url }
format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
To make it easy and in Rails way, you can use Rails resources:
# routes.rb
resources :vehicles do
put 'deactivate', on: :member
end
# view:
= link_to 'Deactivate', deactivate_vehicle_path(@vehicle), method: :put
Best answer already given by Marek Lipka.
There is also a way using ajax
<%= link_to 'Deactivate', javascript::void(0), :class => "deactivate" %>
Put some script:
<script>
$(".deactivate").click(function() {
$.ajax({
type: "post",
url: "/vehicles/deactivate",
data: {id: <%= @vehicle.id %>},
dataType:'script',
beforeSend: function(){
// do whatever you want
},
success: function(response){
// do whatever you want
}
});
});
</script>
This worked for me, I ended up using the Update action in my controller.
= link_to "Deactivate", vehicle_path(@vehicle, :vehicle => {:active => 0}), method: :put, :class=>'btn btn-mini'
