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Rails params nil when they appear to be there

In Rails, I am trying to learn how to use params passed with link_to.

In one view I have 

<%= link_to 'link', static_pages_params_path(info: 23) %>

Then in my StaticPagesController I have 

def params
  debugger
end

When I enter byebug after clicking the aforementioned link, I see

Started GET "/static_pages/params?info=23" for ::1 at 2016-08-17 11:05:43 -0500
Processing by StaticPagesController#params as HTML
  Parameters: {"info"=>"23"}
Return value is: nil

From this it appears that I should be able to access params. However, when I enter params into byebug, I get nil: 

(byebug) params
nil

I am debugging at this point because I was unable to access params[:info] from the params method.

What am I doing wrong here?

Solution

  • You're getting a name-space collision with the controller method overriding your params variable. Consider changing your action name.