undefined method `strip' for ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess

[TheCorp]

For some reason when I apply a taxonomy I can't save a Post for a 2nd time. I am not sure if this is because of some specific issue using siteleaf-gem with Rails (4.1.9) and ActiveSupport but it seems very odd.

Here is an example using the taxonomy suggested in the main docs.

  siteleaf_post = Siteleaf::Post.create({
    parent_id: page.id,
    title: "some title",
    body: "some body",
    taxonomy: [ {"key" => "Tags", "values" => ["One","Two","Three"]} ]
  })

This outputs correctly and saves with no issues, it returns the new Post object with no errors. If I then try and just re-save the exact same siteleaf_post variable, I get the following:

irb(main):754:0> siteleaf_post.save
=> #<Siteleaf::Post:0x007f9061a90940 .... @taxonomy=[{"id"=>"55cd4ef269702d7fa1000071", "key"=>"Tags", "slug"=>"tags", "values"=>[{"value"=>"One", "slug"=>"one", "url"=>"/marketplace/tags/one"}, {"value"=>"Two", "slug"=>"two", "url"=>"/marketplace/tags/two"}, {"value"=>"Three", "slug"=>"three", "url"=>"/marketplace/tags/three"}]}], @error={"code"=>"uncaught_error", "message"=>"undefined method `strip' for {\"value\"=>\"One\", \"slug\"=>\"one\", \"url\"=>\"/marketplace/tags/one\"}:ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess"}>

Any ideas?

[sskylar]

When creating your post, Siteleaf will return additional information:

"values"=>[
  {"value"=>"One", "slug"=>"one", "url"=>"/marketplace/tags/one"}, 
  {"value"=>"Two", "slug"=>"two", "url"=>"/marketplace/tags/two"}, 
  {"value"=>"Three", "slug"=>"three", "url"=>"/marketplace/tags/three"}
]

This information cannot be saved back as-is.

You'll want to do something like this instead:

post.taxonomy = [ {"key" => "Tags", "values" => ["One","Two","Three"]} ]
post.save

Also as a tip: If you only need to update one value (e.g. Title), you can do something like this to leave taxonomy and everything else unchanged:

post = Siteleaf::Post.new(id: 'abc123'), #where abc123 is existing post id
post.title = 'New Title'
post.save

[TheCorp]

Makes sense now!

Shouldn't the object be returned in a state that can be re-saved as is? Sorta breaks the whole Siteleaf site/page/post object concept in the gem.

[sskylar]

Arguably yes, but that's how the V1 API works. You're also going to get better performance by only saving changes, so that's our recommendation. That said, we're working on a V2 behind the scenes which will improve many things including this. More to come!

[TheCorp]

:+1: Duly noted :)