Im thinking this needs to be a 'GET' request in order to return a
response, but when I change the method to a GET, it calls the show
action:
Parameters: {"username"=>"f", "action"=>"show", "id"=>"username",
"controller"=>"users"}
Stumped...
On Dec 13, 8:01 pm, David <dly...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to call an action within a javscript function using ajax,
> but I am having some problems. I need the ajax call to return a value
> and am thinking I can do this using onComplete and Ajax.Request but I
> am running into some problems. This is the code I am using for the
> Ajax.Request:
>
> new Ajax.Request( '/users/username', {
> method: 'post',
> parameters: { username: $('new_user_username').value},
> onComplete: parseResults()
> });
>
> I have an action called username in my users controller in which I am
> taking the username params passed by the Ajax.Request and seeing if it
> exists in the database. I want to return true/false depending on if
> it exists or not. But I am having trouble even getting the
> Ajax.Request to work.
>
> This is some of the output from the console:
>
> Processing UsersController#username (for 192.168.1.105 at 2008-12-13
> 19:52:39) [POST]
> Session ID:
> BAh7BzoMY3NyZl9pZCIlYmNjM2YxODllZWIwMGM1NDkyMzQ0NjUyODMxODAz
> ZTUiCmZsYXNoSUM6J0FjdGlvbkNvbnRyb2xsZXI6OkZsYXNoOjpGbGFzaEhh
> c2h7AAY6CkB1c2VkewA=--d0d5fc597c61c2a295570ee9b118db7ba4285f3f
> Parameters: {"username"=>"d", "action"=>"username",
> "controller"=>"users"}
>
> ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken
> (ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken):
>
> Im not sure how to get around this InvalidAuthenticityToken, anyone
> have any idea whats going on here. Ive been struggling with this for
> a while and am somewhat new to ajax so I could use some help.
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