Render partial from controller

Question

I'm still relatively new to Rails so please bear with me. How can I refresh the partial and stay at the page instead of rendering only the partial?

In _interaction.html.haml:

%div.vote_up.pull-left
  = link_to('', vote_up_deal_path(deal), :method => :post, 
    :class => 'icon-thumbs-up interaction_button', :id => "vote_up_#{deal.id}")

In 'votes.js':

$.ajax({
  type: 'POST',
  url: '/deals/' + id + '/vote_up',
  success: function() {
    //do stuff
  }
});

In my deals_controller.rb:

def vote_up
  if user_signed_in?
    current_user.vote_exclusively_for(@deal = Deal.find(params[:id]))
    render :partial => 'deals/partials/interaction', :locals => {:deal => @deal}
  end
end

This will redirect me to the page and render the partial instead of refreshing it like an AJAX request should.

user1455116 user1455116 · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-28T01:23:48

Try

= link_to('', vote_up_deal_path(deal), :method => :post, :remote=>true, 
    :class => 'icon-thumbs-up interaction_button', :id => "vote_up_#{deal.id}")

because :remote says that it is ajax request

Render partial from controller

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