Simple search form passing the searched string through GET

Question

Hi,

I'd like my Search form to return the following url after submit:

/anuncios/buscar/the_text_I_searched

My form is the following:

<% form_for :announcement, :url => search_path(:txtSearch) do |f| %>
<div class="searchBox" id="basic">
  <%= text_field_tag :txtSearch, params[:str_search].blank? ? "Busc&aacute; tu curso r&aacute;pido y f&aacute;cil." : params[:str_search], :maxlength=> 100, :class => "basicSearch_inputField", :onfocus => "if (this.value=='Busc&aacute; tu curso r&aacute;pido y f&aacute;cil.') this.value=''", :onblur => "if(this.value=='') { this.value='Busc&aacute; tu curso r&aacute;pido y f&aacute;cil.'; return false; }" %>
  <div class="basicSearch_button">
    <input type="submit" value="BUSCAR" class="basicSearch_buttonButton" />
    <br /><a href="#" onclick="javascript:jQuery('#advance').modal({opacity:60});">Busqueda avanzada</a>
  </div>
</div>
<% end %>

My routes' line for search_path is this:

map.search '/anuncios/buscar/:str_search', :controller => 'announcements', :action => 'search'

Well, this will work if I manually type the url I want in the brower, but definitely, if you look at the form's url, you'll find a ":txtSearch" parameter, which is not giving me the actual value of the text field when the form is submitted. And that's what I'd like to get!

Could anybody help me on this?

Answer 1

You should be able to do this in the controller:

def search
  ...
  redirect_to search_path(:str_search => params[:txtSearch])
end

Answer 2

Sounds like you'll need to submit the form to another action, format the search string, and then redirect_to your search page using the new search string.