No Ransack::Search object was provided to search_form_for

Question

I realise other people have asked about this error but it was to do with a different circumstance.

I have added the Ransack gem for rails 4 and bundled installed wi

Answer 1

Nicolas was right in that the error is coming from @q only being initialized when the request contains a "q" parameter. Which is why before you submit the form you get the error (no "q" parameter).

another way to get around this is initializing @q

in your application_controller

def set_search
@q=Recipe.search(params[:q])
end

in your recipes_controller before_filter :set_search