Rails Form_Tag Ajax Format.js ActionController :: UnknownFormat

Question

I have a form_tag for sending an email and I want to use AJAX, so that only the form could update and the rest would look the same.

contact.html.erb

<%= form_tag(site_contact_path, remote: true, class: 'response form-horizontal', authenticity_token: true) do %>
        <h2 class="contact-title">Parašykite mums</h2>
        <div class="form-group">
          <label class="control-label col-sm-4" for="name">Vardas</label>
          <div class="col-sm-8">
            <%= text_field_tag 'name', nil, placeholder: 'Įveskite vardą', class: 'form-control', autocomplete: 'on' %>
          </div>
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
          <label class="control-label col-sm-4" for="email">El. paštas</label>
          <div class="col-sm-8">
            <%= text_field_tag 'email', nil, placeholder: 'Įveskite el.paštą', class: 'form-control', autocomplete: 'on' %>
          </div>
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
          <label class="control-label col-sm-4" for="comment">Komentarai</label>
          <div class="col-sm-8">
            <%= text_area_tag 'comment', nil, placeholder: 'Jūsų komentaras', class: 'form-control', autocomplete: 'on', rows: '6' %>
          </div>
        </div>
        <%= hidden_field_tag :authenticity_token, form_authenticity_token %>
        <div class="button-holder"> 
            <%= submit_tag 'Siųsti', class: 'submit' %>
        </div>
        <div class="hidden">
            <p>Ačiū! (Mes pasistenksime atsakyti Jums, kuo greičiau)</p>
        </div>
    <% end %>

routes.rb

post '/contact' => 'site#contact_send_email'

site_controller.rb

def contact_send_email
@name = params[:name]
@email = params[:email]
@comment = params[:comment]

ContactMailer.send_message(@name, @email, @comment).deliver

respond_to do |format|
    format.js
end
end

contact_send_email.js.erb

$('.form-group').hide();
$('.button-holder').hide();
$('.hidden').show();

log

 ActionController::UnknownFormat (ActionController::UnknownFormat):  app/controllers/site_controller.rb:24:in `contact_send_email'

When I press the submit button, the email is send but it seems contact_send_email action can't find contact_send_email.js.erb for some reason or doesn't understand format.js I've tried searching for similar problem on StackOverflow but the solutions didn't seem to make any effect.

Answer 1

In your form_tag, change the first parameter site_contact_path to contact_path . Also change the line on your routes to :

post '/contact' => 'site#contact_send_email', defaults: { format: 'js' }

This should fix your problem.