orbit-basic/app/controllers/desktop/co_authors_controller.rb

class Desktop::CoAuthorsController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @co_authors = CoAuthor.where(name_id: current_user.id)

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { render :layout => false}
      format.json { render json: @co_authors }
    end
  end

  def show
    @co_author = CoAuthor.find(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to desktop_co_authors_url, :layout => false }
      format.json { render json: @co_author }
    end
  end

  def new
    @co_author = CoAuthor.new

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { render :layout => false}
    end
  end

  def edit
    @co_author = CoAuthor.find(params[:id])
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { render :layout => false}
    end
  end

  def create
    @co_author = CoAuthor.new(params[:co_author])
    @co_author.name_id= current_user.id

    if @co_author.save
      render json: {success:true, msg: "Co-author successfully saved!"}.to_json
    else
      error_msg = @co_author.errors.full_messages.join("<br />")
      render json: {success: false, msg: error_msg}.to_json
    end
  end

  def update
    @co_author = CoAuthor.find(params[:id])

    if @co_author.update_attributes(params[:co_author])
      render json: {success:true, msg: "Co-author successfully update!"}.to_json
    else
      error_msg = @co_author.errors.full_messages.join("<br />")
      render json: {success: false, msg: error_msg}.to_json
    end
  end

  def destroy
    @co_author = CoAuthor.find(params[:id])
    @co_author.destroy

    render :json => {success: true, msg: "Paper deleted successfully!"}
  end
end