I am editing a resource - @article - and whenever I submit it I get the following error:
JSON::ParserError in ArticlesController#update
783: unexpected token at '#<ImageUploader::UploadedFile:0x00007fb154adb508>'
It has highlighted this line:
if @article.update(article_params)
Which is the normal Rails boilerplate code in my Article#Update action:
def update
respond_to do |format|
if @article.update(article_params)
format.html { redirect_to @article, notice: 'Article was successfully updated.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: @article }
else
format.html { render :edit }
format.json { render json: @article.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
Here is the full output from the server logs (including the params):
Started PATCH "/articles/welcome-to-ftja" for ::1 at 2020-05-04 02:11:43 -0500
Processing by ArticlesController#update as HTML
Parameters: {"authenticity_token"=>"0pO56DaVEiWLX3iE3HNHRKsAPOK2z4RmUaH3jal5rOZjk7zYeoaSru9xOE9GYzLckTbnrVrz4ihXrc1hWcXzXA==", "article"=>{"title"=>"Welcome to FTJA!!", "featured"=>"true", "image"=>"#<ImageUploader::UploadedFile:0x00007fb154adb508>", "body"=>"<h1>Yet another great article.</h1><div>Test <strong>bold</strong> <em>italic</em> <del>strikethrough<br><br></del><figure data-trix-attachment=\"{"content":"<figure class=\\"attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg\\">\\n <img src=\\"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/representations/eyJfcJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--5b3d481c22cafd1ff8db36c1b24e57d8788d2217/cowork-4.jpg\\" />\\n\\n <figcaption class=\\"attachment__caption\\">\\n Coworking.\\n </figcaption>\\n</figure>\\n","contentType":"image/jpeg","filename":"cowork-4.jpg","filesize":82497,"height":768,"previewable":true,"sgid":"_ZXhwaXJlc19pbgY7AFRJIgxwdXJwb3NlBjsAVEkiD2F0dGFjaGFibGUGOwBUSSIPZXhwaXJlc19hdAY7AFQw--e56d2e422","url":"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/blobs/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBEUT09IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--6d89ec207ef10c8e48577a5e9a170a8d178a9338/cowork-4.jpg","width":752}\" data-trix-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-trix-attributes=\"{"caption":"Coworking.","presentation":"gallery"}\" class=\"attachment attachment--content attachment--jpg\"><figure class=\"attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg\">\r\n <img src=\"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/blobs/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBEUT09IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--6d89ec207ef10c8e48577a5e9a170a8d178a9338/cowork-4.jpg\" width=\"752\" height=\"768\">\r\n\r\n <figcaption class=\"attachment__caption\">\r\n Coworking.\r\n </figcaption>\r\n</figure>\r\n<figcaption class=\"attachment__caption attachment__caption--edited\">Coworking.</figcaption></figure><br><br><br><figure data-trix-attachment=\"{"content":"<figure class=\\"attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg\\">\\n <img src=\\"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/representations/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2F-5b3d481c22cafd1ff8db36c1b24e57d8788d2217/article-1.jpg\\" />\\n\\n <figcaption class=\\"attachment__caption\\">\\n Working, working, working.\\n </figcaption>\\n</figure>\\n","contentType":"image/jpeg","filename":"article-1.jpg","filesize":83730,"height":800,"previewable":true,"sgid":"BAh7CEkiCGdpZAY6BkVU--d99eadb00dd5ae6bb4220f5781b2946c2171604f","url":"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/blobs/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBEZz09IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--5c31ee2db4a2660d4a674dfb54375fda30251d3d/article-1.jpg","width":1200}\" data-trix-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-trix-attributes=\"{"caption":"Working, working, working.","presentation":"gallery"}\" class=\"attachment attachment--content attachment--jpg\"><figure class=\"attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg\">\r\n <img src=\"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/representations/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBEZz09IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9i6IkJBaDdCam9VY21WemFYcGxYM1J2WDJ4cGJXbDBXd2RwQWdBRWFRSUFBdz09IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--5b3d481c22cafd1ff8db36c1b24e57d8788d2217/article-1.jpg\">\r\n\r\n <figcaption class=\"attachment__caption\">\r\n Working, working, working.\r\n </figcaption>\r\n</figure>\r\n<figcaption class=\"attachment__caption attachment__caption--edited\">Working, working, working.</figcaption></figure><br><br><br></div>", "user_id"=>"1", "category_list"=>["", "Business", "Real Estate"]}, "commit"=>"Update Article", "id"=>"welcome-to-ftja"}
Article Load (2.1ms) SELECT "articles".* FROM "articles" WHERE "articles"."slug" = $1 LIMIT $2 [["slug", "welcome-to-ftja"], ["LIMIT", 1]]
↳ app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:73:in `set_article'
(2.1ms) BEGIN
↳ app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:50:in `block in update'
ActionText::RichText Load (4.0ms) SELECT "action_text_rich_texts".* FROM "action_text_rich_texts" WHERE "action_text_rich_texts"."record_id" = $1 AND "action_text_rich_texts"."record_type" = $2 AND "action_text_rich_texts"."name" = $3 LIMIT $4 [["record_id", 1], ["record_type", "Article"], ["name", "body"], ["LIMIT", 1]]
↳ app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:50:in `block in update'
(1.3ms) ROLLBACK
↳ app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:50:in `block in update'
Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 27ms (ActiveRecord: 9.4ms | Allocations: 5092)
JSON::ParserError (783: unexpected token at '#<ImageUploader::UploadedFile:0x00007fb154adb508>'):
app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:50:in `block in update'
app/controllers/articles_controller.rb:49:in `update'
If you notice the category_list in the params, I believe that may be causing it:
"category_list"=>["", "Business", "Real Estate"]},
Based on some Googling I have done, it could be the empty string "" that is throwing some JSON Parsing for a loop.
One suggestion I found was to change the Cookie Serializer to :hybrid, like so:
Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.cookies_serializer = :hybrid
I tried that and restarted the server and no luck.
What could be causing this and how can I fix it?
Edit 1
At the console on the error page, I tried the following as well:
>> article_params[:category_list]
=> ["", "Business", "Real Estate"]
>> article_params[:category_list].to_json
=> "[\"\",\"Business\",\"Real Estate\"]"
>> @article.image
=> #<ImageUploader::UploadedFile storage=:store id="3b96dc3198098a9f57ff2b00a2cdb252.jpg" metadata={"filename"=>"article-3.jpg", "size"=>99083, "mime_type"=>"image/jpeg"}>
Edit 2
I am using SimpleForm to handle my forms and the truncated version of this particular form looks like this:
<%= simple_form_for article, html: {multipart: true} do |f| %>
<%= f.input_field :title, placeholder: "Title", class: "form-control" %>
<%= f.rich_text_area :body, class: 'form-control customized-min-height', placeholder: "Enter your article body here..." %>
<%= f.input :user_id, as: :hidden, input_html: { value: current_user.id } %>
<%= f.input_field :category_list, collection: ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.all.pluck(:name), input_html: { value: article.category_list.join(","), class: "custom-control-input" }, as: :check_boxes %>
<%= f.button :submit, class:"btn btn-primary" %>
<% end %>
The above form only produces the "" when I go to Articles#Edit
This is my Articles#Edit controller action:
# GET /articles/1/edit
def edit
end
How do I fix this?
Edit 3
Ok I eventually got the form to not return that empty string by adding include_blank: false and include_hidden: false like so:
<%= f.input_field :category_list, collection: ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.all.pluck(:name), input_html: { value: article.category_list.join(","), class: "custom-control-input" }, as: :check_boxes, include_blank: false, include_hidden: false %>
Which generates params that look like this:
>> article_params
=> <ActionController::Parameters {"title"=>"Welcome!!", "body"=>"<h1>Yet another great article.</h1><div>Test <strong>bold</strong> <em>italic</em> <del>strikethrough<br><br></del><figure data-trix-attachment=\"{"content":"<figure class=\\"attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg\\">\\n <img src=\\"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/representations/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBd2217/cowork-4.jpg\\" />\\n\\n <figcaption class=\\"attachment__caption\\">\\n Coworking.\\n </figcaption>\\n</figure>\\n","contentType":"image/jpeg","filename":"cowork-4.jpg","filesize":82497,"height":768,"previewable":true,"sgid":"BAhaac","url":"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/blobs/eya9338/cowork-4.jpg","width":752}\" data-trix-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-trix-attributes=\"{"caption":"Coworking.","presentation":"gallery"}\" class=\"attachment attachment--content attachment--jpg\"><figure class=\"attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg\">\r\n <img src=\"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/representations/e88d2217/cowork-4.jpg\">\r\n\r\n <figcaption class=\"attachment__caption\">\r\n Coworking.\r\n </figcaption>\r\n</figure>\r\n<figcaption class=\"attachment__caption attachment__caption--edited\">Coworking.</figcaption></figure><br><br><br><figure data-trix-attachment=\"{"content":"<figure class=\\"attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg\\">\\n <img src=\\"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/representations/eyJ8d2217/article-1.jpg\\" />\\n\\n <figcaption class=\\"attachment__caption\\">\\n Working, working, working.\\n </figcaption>\\n</figure>\\n","contentType":"image/jpeg","filename":"article-1.jpg","filesize":83730,"height":800,"previewable":true,"sgid":"B1604f","url":"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/blobs/eyd3d/article-1.jpg","width":1200}\" data-trix-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-trix-attributes=\"{"caption":"Working, working, working.","presentation":"gallery"}\" class=\"attachment attachment--content attachment--jpg\"><figure class=\"attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg\">\r\n <img src=\"http://localhost:3000/rails/active_storage/blobs/eyd3d/article-1.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\">\r\n\r\n <figcaption class=\"attachment__caption\">\r\n Working, working, working.\r\n </figcaption>\r\n</figure>\r\n<figcaption class=\"attachment__caption attachment__caption--edited\">Working, working, working.</figcaption></figure><br><br><br></div>", "featured"=>"true", "user_id"=>"1", "image"=>"#<ImageUploader::UploadedFile:0x00007fd18d61b1e0>", "category_list"=>["Business", "Real Estate", "Investing"]} permitted: true>
But I am still getting the same error. So it seems there is another culprit.