From JavaScript, I'm calling a controller via AJAX like so:
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: '/books'
}
In my controller I have:
def index
render 'lightbox.js.erb'
end
In my routes I have:
resources :books do
member do
get :lightbox
end
end
In lighbox.js.erb I have:
alert("Hello world!");
For some reason, the alert is never getting called. I don't get any error messages, either through the server or through Firebug. I'm at a loss for what could be going wrong. Any ideas?
For anyone who stumbles upon this and simply wants to call a controller action that responds with a js.erb file, I've achieved it this way (with the help of Anthony Alberto's Awesome Answer).
Controller Action
def some_action
..
respond_to do |format|
format.js { render 'some_action' }
end
end
some_action.js.erb
...
$('#someActionWrap').html('<%= j render "some/displaypartials/action_partial" %>')
...
Ajax call
var id = '<%= @someresource.id %>';
$.get('/someresource/' + id + '/action/', null, function(data){
eval(data)
}, 'script');