Re: rails constantly failing with http 406 error

Thanks for the reply,

My apps\views folder does not have a welcome subfolder !   What should I
put in my app\views\welcome\index.html.erb file ?

On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 9:24 PM Arun Kumar Nachimuthu <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Do you have a index.html.erb in the app/views/welcome folder? Create one
> if it doesn't exist. If that doesn't work, try renaming your controller to
> some word that can be pluralized. For ex, WelcomeMessageController and
> create index.html.erb in app/views/welcome_messages folder.
>
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2019, 02:37 Barry Kimelman <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I am a ruby and rails rookie just trying to give myself an intro to ruby
>> and rails on my windows 10 laptop.
>>
>> Almost everything I try with rails ends up failing with a "http 406"
>> error. I did some research on http 406 error and what I found stated "data
>> was requested in a format not supported by the server".
>>
>> I was just following the simple steps in a rails beginner tutorial to
>> create a basic "blog" application. I changed to the directory where I
>> wanted the application structure to be created and issued the command
>> "rails new blog". After that succeeded I changed the current directory to
>> "blog". As stated in the tutorial I issued the command "ruby bin\rails
>> server". I waited for the messages from the server yo be displayed which
>> indicated the server was ready to accept requests. I then went into my
>> browser and entered the URL http://localhost:3000. After a very short
>> time the server displayed an error message and a traceback.
>>
>>
>>
>> C:\barry\ruby\environment\blog>ruby bin\rails server
>> => Booting Puma
>> => Rails 5.2.3 application starting in development
>> => Run `rails server -h` for more startup options
>> *** SIGUSR2 not implemented, signal based restart unavailable!
>> *** SIGUSR1 not implemented, signal based restart unavailable!
>> *** SIGHUP not implemented, signal based logs reopening unavailable!
>> Puma starting in single mode...
>> * Version 3.12.1 (ruby 2.6.0-p0), codename: Llamas in Pajamas
>> * Min threads: 5, max threads: 5
>> * Environment: development
>> * Listening on tcp://localhost:3000
>> Use Ctrl-C to stop
>> C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/activemodel-5.2.3/lib/active_model/validations/clusivity.rb:8:
>> warning: already initialized
>> constant ActiveModel::Validations::Clusivity::ERROR_MESSAGE
>> C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/activemodel-5.2.3/lib/active_model/validations/clusivity.rb:8:
>> warning: previous definition
>> of ERROR_MESSAGE was here
>> Started GET "/" for ::1 at 2019-07-27 14:02:12 -0600
>> Processing by Rails::WelcomeController#index as HTML
>> Completed 406 Not Acceptable in 708ms (ActiveRecord: 0.0ms)
>>
>>
>>
>> ActionController::UnknownFormat (Rails::WelcomeController#index is
>> missing a template for this request format and variant.
>>
>> request.formats: ["text/html"]
>> request.variant: []
>>
>> NOTE! For XHR/Ajax or API requests, this action would normally respond
>> with 204 No Content: an empty white screen. Since you'
>> re loading it in a web browser, we assume that you expected to actually
>> render a template, not nothing, so we're showing an e
>> rror to be extra-clear. If you expect 204 No Content, carry on. That's
>> what you'll get from an XHR or API request. Give it a
>> shot.):
>>
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb:55:in
>> `default_render'
>> actionpack (5.2.3)
>> lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:6:in `block in
>> send_action'
>> actionpack (5.2.3)
>> lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:6:in `tap'
>> actionpack (5.2.3)
>> lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:6:in `send_action'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:194:in `process_action'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:30:in
>> `process_action'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:42:in `block in
>> process_action'
>> activesupport (5.2.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:132:in
>> `run_callbacks'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:41:in
>> `process_action'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb:22:in
>> `process_action'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:34:in
>> `block in process_action'
>> activesupport (5.2.3) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:168:in `block
>> in instrument'
>> activesupport (5.2.3)
>> lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:23:in `instrument'
>> activesupport (5.2.3) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:168:in
>> `instrument'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:32:in
>> `process_action'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb:256:in
>> `process_action'
>> activerecord (5.2.3)
>> lib/active_record/railties/controller_runtime.rb:24:in `process_action'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:134:in `process'
>> actionview (5.2.3) lib/action_view/rendering.rb:32:in `process'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:191:in `dispatch'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:252:in `dispatch'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:52:in
>> `dispatch'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:34:in `serve'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:52:in `block in
>> serve'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:35:in `each'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:35:in `serve'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:840:in `call'
>> rack (2.0.7) lib/rack/tempfile_reaper.rb:15:in `call'
>> rack (2.0.7) lib/rack/etag.rb:25:in `call'
>> rack (2.0.7) lib/rack/conditional_get.rb:25:in `call'
>> rack (2.0.7) lib/rack/head.rb:12:in `call'
>> actionpack (5.2.3)
>> lib/action_dispatch/http/content_security_policy.rb:18:in `call'
>> rack (2.0.7) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:232:in `context'
>> rack (2.0.7) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:226:in `call'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb:670:in `call'
>> activerecord (5.2.3) lib/active_record/migration.rb:559:in `call'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:28:in
>> `block in call'
>> activesupport (5.2.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:98:in
>> `run_callbacks'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:26:in
>> `call'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:14:in `call'
>> actionpack (5.2.3)
>> lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:61:in `call'
>> web-console (3.7.0) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:135:in `call_app'
>> web-console (3.7.0) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:30:in `block in call'
>> web-console (3.7.0) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:20:in `catch'
>> web-console (3.7.0) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:20:in `call'
>> actionpack (5.2.3)
>> lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:33:in `call'
>> railties (5.2.3) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:38:in `call_app'
>> railties (5.2.3) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:26:in `block in call'
>> activesupport (5.2.3) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:71:in `block
>> in tagged'
>> activesupport (5.2.3) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:28:in `tagged'
>> activesupport (5.2.3) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:71:in `tagged'
>> railties (5.2.3) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:26:in `call'
>> sprockets-rails (3.2.1) lib/sprockets/rails/quiet_assets.rb:13:in `call'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb:81:in
>> `call'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:27:in
>> `call'
>> rack (2.0.7) lib/rack/method_override.rb:22:in `call'
>> rack (2.0.7) lib/rack/runtime.rb:22:in `call'
>> activesupport (5.2.3)
>> lib/active_support/cache/strategy/local_cache_middleware.rb:29:in `call'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:14:in `call'
>> actionpack (5.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb:127:in `call'
>> rack (2.0.7) lib/rack/sendfile.rb:111:in `call'
>> railties (5.2.3) lib/rails/engine.rb:524:in `call'
>> puma (3.12.1) lib/puma/configuration.rb:227:in `call'
>> puma (3.12.1) lib/puma/server.rb:660:in `handle_request'
>> puma (3.12.1) lib/puma/server.rb:474:in `process_client'
>> puma (3.12.1) lib/puma/server.rb:334:in `block in run'
>> puma (3.12.1) lib/puma/thread_pool.rb:135:in `block in spawn_thread'
>>
>>
>> I noticed the text near the start of the error/traceback which said
>> something about a missing template for this request. How can anything be
>> missing at this point ?
>>
>> Please help a desperate rails rookie.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> ==================
>>
>> Barry Kimelman
>> Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
>>
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