Get Rails 4 Enum Values Available In Jquery Slider Input

Question

I am preparing an AJAX call and have a few boostrap-slider inputs for variables that correspond to rails Enum variables. I have two questions related this:

1. I display the slider input on the slider. Right now, it shows the integer that corresponds to the rails enum. I need it to show the value that goes with that integer. Is there a mapping function that I can use in jquery to get that? If so, can I include ERB to get it?
2. When I submit the AJAX call, should I submit the integer that goes with that enum or the actual value to the server?

Thank you.

Answer 1

The answer to the first question is about finding the exact Rails map and link it to a JS variable. My code to do that required a few other methods but here it is.

var QUALITY = <%= Product::QUALITIES.invert.to_json.html_safe %>

In an ajax call, rails expects the enum rather than the integer. I used the function about to map the integer back to the enum value and submitted that.