# REST link\_to and PUT question **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 5, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rest-link-to-and-put-question/116470 "2007-10-05T20:48:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pallan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@pallan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pallan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rest-link-to-and-put-question/116470/1 "2007-10-05T20:48:26Z")
Hi all, I am learning how to think RESTfully and in my quest for improvement I need help with the issue I am facing. I have a RESTful model “User” and I want to add a link on the listing (index) page that is a one-click to disable/enable that user i.e. simply toggle the active column to the correct value. Since I am just updating a column in the object it seemed to me that this should be a simple PUT request with the correct value for the column (true/false). However, I can’t figure out how I can add the value of “active” to the request using a link\_to and the REST routes helper methods. \<%= link\_to ‘Disable’, user\_path(user), :method =\> :put %\> Is as far as I have been able to get. I did try changing the url to use the raw hash but that didn’t work either. Could someone please give me some direction on this? Oh yeah, I do realize I could create a new member route for this, but somehow it doesn’t seem “correct” considering it should just be a simple Update operation. Thanks Peer ---
**Author:** ![pallan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@pallan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pallan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rest-link-to-and-put-question/116470/2 "2007-10-05T22:41:59Z")
Peer A. wrote: > Hi all, > > I am learning how to think RESTfully and in my quest for improvement I > need help with the issue I am facing. > > I have a RESTful model “User” and I want to add a link on the listing > (index) page that is a one-click to disable/enable that user i.e. simply > toggle the active column to the correct value. Since I am just updating > a column in the object it seemed to me that this should be a simple PUT > request with the correct value for the column (true/false). However, I > can’t figure out how I can add the value of “active” to the request > using a link\_to and the REST routes helper methods. > > \<%= link\_to ‘Disable’, user\_path(user), :method =\> :put %\> > > Is as far as I have been able to get. I did try changing the url to use > the raw hash but that didn’t work either. Could someone please give me > some direction on this? > > Oh yeah, I do realize I could create a new member route for this, but > somehow it doesn’t seem “correct” considering it should just be a simple > Update operation. > > Thanks > > Peer Try: \<%= link\_to ‘Disable’, user\_path(:id =\> user.id, :active =\> false), :method =\> :put %\> Yeah, it’s ugly, but it should work. I had a similar problem, and had to resort to this as well. If someone knows a better solution, please let me know 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pallan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@pallan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pallan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rest-link-to-and-put-question/116470/3 "2007-10-05T22:55:29Z")
Thanks for the response, but unfortunately that did not work. I looked at the javascript generated by and there is no reference of the “active” field and naturally it is not part of the params when I submit. Peer Gerjan S. wrote: > Try: > > \<%= link\_to ‘Disable’, user\_path(:id =\> user.id, :active =\> false), > :method =\> :put %\> > > Yeah, it’s ugly, but it should work. I had a similar problem, and had to > resort to this as well. If someone knows a better solution, please let > me know 🙂