Story def list (shovell)

Hey, what gives?

I tried to use searchlogic gem to order data so I created “list” method in stories_controller.rb
(excerpt)

def bin
	#@stories=Story.find:all, :order=>'id DESC', :conditions=>'votes_count <5'
	fetch_stories 'votes_count <5'
	render :action=>'index'
end
def list
	@stories=Story.find(:all)
end

list.html.erb

<h2><%= story_list_heading %></h2>
<%= order @stories, :by => :name %>
<%= render :partial=>'story_list', :collection=>@stories %>

_story_list.html.erb (partial)

<% div_for(story) do %>
	<p>
		<span class="storyIdCol"><%= story.id %></span>,
		<span class="storyCol"><%= link_to story.name, story %></span>,
		<span class="storyLinkCol"><%= story.link %></span>,
		<span class="storyUserCol"><%= story.user.login %></span>,
		<span class="storyVotesCol">%= story.votes_count %></span>,
		<span class="storyEditCol"><%= link_to 'Edit', edit_story_path(story) %></span>
	</p>
<% end %>

But rails gives an error (http://localhost:3000/stories/list)
ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound in StoriesController#show

Couldn’t find Story with ID=list

Shorthand value “list_stories_path” isn’t available. :frowning:

Can you show me the code in your config/routes.rb file and the full stories controller?

config/routes.rb


ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
  # You can have the root of your site routed with map.root -- just remember to delete public/index.html.
  # map.root :controller => "welcome"
  map.root :controller => "stories"

  # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes"

  # Install the default routes as the lowest priority.
  map.resources :stories, :has_many=>:votes, :collection=>{:bin=>:get} #because of this we can use story_path (a helper), book page 235; page 245; custom routes book page 343
  map.resource :session #plural vs singular book page 287
  map.resources :users #book page 359
  map.resources :tags #book page 395
  map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
  map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'

stories_controller.rb

class StoriesController < ApplicationController
	before_filter :login_required, :only=>[:new, :create] #book page 307
  def index
	@current_time=Time.now
	#@stories=Story.find :all, :order=>'id DESC', :conditions=>'votes_count >=5'#this line rephrased, book page 341
	fetch_stories 'votes_count >=5'
  end
  def new
	@story=Story.new
  end
  def create #this is executed when form is submitted in new.html.erb, because form is for @sotry variable
	#@story=Story.new(params[:story])#first line of code requires change, book page 309
	@story=@current_user.stories.build params[:story] #new first line, book page 309
	if @story.save
		flash[:notice]='Story submission succeeded'
		redirect_to stories_path #195 page in the book
	else
		render :action=>'new'
	end
  end
	def edit
		@story=Story.find(params[:id])
	end
	def update
		@story=Story.find(params[:id])
		if @story.update_attributes(params[:story])
			redirect_to :action=>'show', :id=>@story
		else
			render :action=>'edit'
		end
	end
	def destroy
		Story.find(params[:id]).destroy
		redirect_to stories_path
	end
	  def show #the form submission is routed (rake routes) to VotesController create method
		@story=Story.find(params[:id])
	  end
	def bin
		#@stories=Story.find:all, :order=>'id DESC', :conditions=>'votes_count <5'
		fetch_stories 'votes_count <5'
		render :action=>'index'
	end
	def list
		@stories=Story.find(:all)
	end
	
	protected
	#If we were to make fetch_stories a publicly accessible method, it would be exposed via the URL http://localhost:3000/stories/fetch_stories, which is certainly not what we want! Book page 341
	def fetch_stories(conditions)
		#benchmarking book page 448
		self.class.benchmark('Fetching stories') do
			@stories=Story.find:all, :order=>'id DESC', :conditions=>conditions
		end
	end
end

:x

In order to use a “non RESTful” route you need use :collection on your route.

This is what you have currently…

map.resources :stories, :has_many=>:votes, :collection=>{:bin=>:get}

This is what you would need for it to work…

map.resources :stories, :has_many=>:votes, :collection=>{:bin=>:get, :list => :get}

Can someone help me out?

I would like to use searchlogic but I just don’t understand how.
The description just says “Now just set it as a dependency in your project and you are ready to go.” How do I do that?

I have it installed

C:\\InstantRails\\rails_apps\\shovell>gem install searchlogic
Successfully installed searchlogic-2.4.19
1 gem installed
Installing ri documentation for searchlogic-2.4.19...
Installing RDoc documentation for searchlogic-2.4.19...

C:\\InstantRails\\rails_apps\\shovell>

When I use it inside controller I get an error that “search” is not recognized
stories_controller.rb

def list
	@stories=Story.search.all
end

In your environment.rb file you need to add the following line:


config.gem "searchlogic"

It needs to be placed after this line:

Rails::Initializer.run do |config|

Can’t start server if environment.rb includes “searchlogic”

C:\\InstantRails\\rails_apps\\shovell&gt;ruby script/server
=&gt; Booting Mongrel (use 'script/server webrick' to force WEBrick)
=&gt; Rails application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000
=&gt; Call with -d to detach
=&gt; Ctrl-C to shutdown server
** Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000
** Starting Rails with development environment...
Exiting
C:/InstantRails/rails_apps/shovell/config/environment.rb:31: private method `gem
' called for #<Rails::Configuration:0x305884c> (NoMethodError)
        from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/initial
izer.rb:47:in `run'
        from C:/InstantRails/rails_apps/shovell/config/environment.rb:13
        from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require
.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
        from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require
.rb:31:in `require'
        from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib
/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require'
        from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib
/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in'
        from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib
/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require'
        from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin
32-60/bin/../lib/mongrel/rails.rb:147:in `rails'
         ... 20 levels...
        from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/command
s/server.rb:39
        from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require
.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
        from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require
.rb:31:in `require'
        from script/server:3

C:\\InstantRails\\rails_apps\\shovell&gt;

shovell\config\environment.rb

# Specifies gem version of Rails to use when vendor/rails is not present
RAILS_GEM_VERSION = '2.0.2' unless defined? RAILS_GEM_VERSION

# Bootstrap the Rails environment, frameworks, and default configuration
require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'boot')

Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
  # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
  # Application configuration should go into files in config/initializers
  # -- all .rb files in that directory are automatically loaded.
  # See Rails::Configuration for more options.

  # Skip frameworks you're not going to use (only works if using vendor/rails).
  # To use Rails without a database, you must remove the Active Record framework
  # config.frameworks -= [ :active_record, :active_resource, :action_mailer ]

  # Only load the plugins named here, in the order given. By default, all plugins 
  # in vendor/plugins are loaded in alphabetical order.
  # :all can be used as a placeholder for all plugins not explicitly named
  # config.plugins = [ :exception_notification, :ssl_requirement, :all ]

  # Add additional load paths for your own custom dirs
  # config.load_paths += %W( #{RAILS_ROOT}/extras )
  ####config.gem "searchlogic"
  config.gem "searchlogic"

  # Force all environments to use the same logger level
  # (by default production uses :info, the others :debug)
  # config.log_level = :debug

  # Your secret key for verifying cookie session data integrity.
  # If you change this key, all old sessions will become invalid!
  # Make sure the secret is at least 30 characters and all random, 
  # no regular words or you'll be exposed to dictionary attacks.
  config.action_controller.session = {
    :session_key =&gt; '_shovell_session',
    :secret      =&gt; 'e6bbb9750cc4004808472b8b849ca3ce722608ccd3eed8c1ee84bfbe793f18deaf64543ea9d2fdf9d25817a0a445c7b4f6e979376b5702264bb010d8886cfc64'
  }

  # Use the database for sessions instead of the cookie-based default,
  # which shouldn't be used to store highly confidential information
  # (create the session table with 'rake db:sessions:create')
  # config.action_controller.session_store = :active_record_store

  # Use SQL instead of Active Record's schema dumper when creating the test database.
  # This is necessary if your schema can't be completely dumped by the schema dumper,
  # like if you have constraints or database-specific column types
  # config.active_record.schema_format = :sql

  # Activate observers that should always be running
  # config.active_record.observers = :cacher, :garbage_collector

  # Make Active Record use UTC-base instead of local time
  # config.active_record.default_timezone = :utc
end