Oh, and:
>> <%= print "#{@result['name']}" %>
can be simply:
<%= @result['name'] %>
The print output might end up in the log, but certainly won't be in the
generated HTML.
And the result of what's inside <%= ... %> will be turned into a String (with
.to_s if needed) and replace that bit of the template.
-Rob
On 2014-Oct-21, at 17:16 , Rob Biedenharn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 2014-Oct-21, at 16:54 , Dominic Monaco <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys I'm completely lost at this point I'm trying to make a simple app
>> that takes an input in the form of a string ("City, State") and sends that
>> string to the google_places gem to do spot_by_query("gas station near
>> #{enter value from input}")
>>
>> Then I need the 1st 10 results and be able to print out their names. I have
>> become completely lost in my attempts and was looking for some advice.
>>
>> Here is my controller
>> class LocationsController < ApplicationController
>> before_action :set_location, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
>>
>> # GET /locations
>> # GET /locations.json
>> def index
>> @location = Location.new
>> end
>>
>> # GET /locations/1
>> # GET /locations/1.json
>> def show
>>
>> end
>>
>> # GET /locations/new
>> def new
>>
>> end
>>
>> # POST /locations
>> # POST /locations.json
>> def create
>> @client = GooglePlaces::Client.new('################')
>>
>> @shops = @client.spots_by_query('coffee near
>> #{@location(params[:address])}')
>> @result = JSON.parse(@shops[1])
>> # @location.find_closest_shops(@location.params[:address])
>> end
>>
>> private
>> # Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white
>> list through.
>> def location_params
>> params.require(:location).permit(:address)
>> end
>> end
>>
>>
>> Here is the input form
>> <%= form_for @location do |f| %>
>> <%= f.label :address %>
>> <%= f.text_field :address, :placeholder => "City State" %>
>> <br>
>> <%= f.submit "Find Coffee!" %>
>> <% end %>
>>
>> Here is the output form (this is where I'm lost)
>> <%= print "#{@result['name']}" %>
>>
>
> Well, after making a few assumptions:
> you are going to a URL that gets routed to the index action like /locations
> the form posts to /locations
>
> In your create action, you probably need to replace:
>> @shops = @client.spots_by_query('coffee near
>> #{@location(params[:address])}')
> With:
>> @shops = @client.spots_by_query("coffee near
>> #{location_params[:location][:address])}")
>
> Noting that you won't have an @location set (it will be nil because all
> instance variables are nil by default).
> You need to actually get the params which will look something like: {
> location: { address: "entered value" } }
> You can probably see this in the development.log.
> In Ruby, single-quoted strings do not do interpolation. Thus:
> here = "Cincinnati"
>
> puts 'coffee near #{here}'
> coffee near #{here}
>
> but:
> puts "coffee near #{here}"
> coffee near Cincinnati
>
> so that should get you going again.
>
> -Rob
>
>
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