Link that performs task and goes to different view

Question

I am trying to perform this task:

-click on an image
-perform a task in current view/controller (ie NOT in /home)
-end up on a different page (view, in this case /home)

I have looked at the doc and it's not clear to me how to do this. I'd like to do something like the following (although I know it won't work):

link_to image_tag("button.gif"), "/home", 
        :action => 'delete_something' , 
        :confirm => 'Are you sure?',
        :method => :delete 

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Well, just change the render in your controller. So, after the deletion is done just do a

redirect_to "/home"

Answer 2

Is this what you're looking for?

# some_controller.rb

def delete_image
  find_and_delete_image
  redirect_to :action => :home
end

def home
  show_stuff
end

You will have to pass some sort of information along with your image to identiy it, probably via URL params or POST params, but I don't really want to get into that.

I would recommend looking into RESTful routes, like the ones generated by scaffolds, it's cleaner and generates a lot of the routes for you.