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User story: User can save recipes from search to their Cookbook

Error: NoMethodError in RecipesController#create; undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

error arises when attempting to iterate through JSON to grab ingredients and save them into database as array; works when exact same method is used to display ingredients in search page
Already attempted:

Troubleshooting in pry...works in pry!
Adding "serialize :ingredients" to recipe model
Hours spent researching last night and can't find solution

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User story: User can add their own personal recipes to Cookbook by completing form

Error: Recipes are saved with nil info

Things I've tried:
I'm trying to use control flow to have two different "routes" leading to my create method; not working and I'm having trouble finding any results on internet that seem to have a similar plan

Hi Mary,
Nicely done on your first project. It's clear you put a lot of thought into the datamodeling and user stories (great tests!), which probably made the actual implementation a heck of a lot easier. If I have to nitpick regarding process, I'd say "Wireframe!", because wireframes will be super helpful when you get to coding up the user interface, as you'll have a blueprint to go by and therefore have almost no style-related decisions to stress over while coding.

Also, your RecipesController is uber repetitive. You could abstract the create & update actions into a function (the only conditional would be whether to split on a dollar sign versus comma/period.

User story: User can save recipes from search to their Cookbook

Error: NoMethodError in RecipesController#create; undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

• error arises when attempting to iterate through JSON to grab ingredients and save them into database as array; works when exact same method is used to display ingredients in search page

Already attempted:

• Troubleshooting in pry...works in pry!
• Adding "serialize :ingredients" to recipe model
• Hours spent researching last night and can't find solution