Can someone assist me in dealing with a particular issue? I am using ajax to refresh queries from the database dynamically each time there is a change in a search form.
The main objective is to load N number of records based on the parameters selected in the search form.
I currently have code that enables me to query the database and display the results on the webpage. The code is functioning properly, and for each record in the query result, it displays a "square".
This is the controller:
def clientsjson
@search = Client.search(params[:q])
@clients = @search.result
respond_to do |format|
format.json { render :json => @clients }
end
end
Here is the JavaScript file:
$(document).ready(function() {
$( ".searchupdate" ).change(function() {
$.getJSON("/client/clientsjson?"+$('#client_search').serialize(), function (data) {
var $ul = $('<div></div>');
$ul.append(data.map(function(data) {
// HTML structure for displaying data from the JSON response
}));
$('#clientList1').html('');
$('#clientList1').empty().append($ul);
});
});
});
This is the HTML part:
<div id="clientList1"></div>
Although the code works almost perfectly, I encounter two main issues:
The 'client' model has multiple parent models such as country, city, languages, etc. The JSON query only provides IDs without names. How can I access the parent models to retrieve and print the names instead of the IDs?
Similarly, how can I access child models like 'client.comments' when rendering them from JSON isn't possible? Is there a way to access associated child models for each record in the query?
Any suggestions on how to improve this process would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
////Update
After calling localhost:3000/client/clientsjson.json?q=test in my browser, the output looks like this:
[{"comments":[]},{"comments":[]}, {"comments":[]}]
This is the Json Builder file:
json.array! @clients do |client|
// Nested attributes to include in the JSON response
end
And here is the route defined in routes.rb to invoke the action:
get 'client/clientsjson' => "clients#clientsjson", :as => 'clientsjson', :format => :json