Linked Workers to Employers and functionality is working as intended.

app/controllers/employer_records_controller.rb

@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ class EmployerRecordsController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
+  def link_participant
+    @employer_record = EmployerRecord.new(employer_record_params)
+    if @employer_record.save
+      redirect_to employer_path(@employer_record.employer), notice: 'Participant was successfully linked.'
+    else
+      render 'show' # Or where you want to redirect in case of failure
+    end
+  end
+
   
   def destroy
     if @employer_record
@@ -49,6 +58,6 @@ class EmployerRecordsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def employer_record_params
-    params.require(:employer_record).permit(:participant_id, :employer_id, :start_date, :end_date)
+    params.require(:employer_record).permit(:employer_id, :participant_id, :start_date, :end_date)
   end
 end

app/controllers/employers_controller.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ class EmployersController < ApplicationController
 
   # GET /employers/:id
   def show
+    Rails.logger.debug "Employer ID: #{params[:id]}"
     @employer = Employer.includes(:employer_records, :direct_participants).find(params[:id])
+    Rails.logger.debug "Employer: #{@employer.inspect}"
     @employer_records = @employer.employer_records.includes(:participant)
   end
   
@@ -68,8 +70,31 @@ class EmployersController < ApplicationController
     # Handle the logic for creating the employer_record
     # ...
   end
-  
 
+  def link_worker
+    @employer = Employer.find(params[:id])
+    participant_id = params[:employer_record][:participant_id] # Assuming this is passed from the form
+    start_date = params[:employer_record][:start_date]
+    end_date = params[:employer_record][:end_date]
+  
+    employer_record = EmployerRecord.new(
+      employer: @employer,
+      participant_id: participant_id,
+      start_date: start_date,
+      end_date: end_date
+    )
+  
+    if employer_record.save
+      redirect_to @employer, notice: 'Worker was successfully linked.'
+    else
+      flash.now[:alert] = employer_record.errors.full_messages.to_sentence
+      render :show
+    end
+  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+    # Handle case where Employer is not found
+    redirect_to some_path, alert: 'Employer not found.'
+  end
+  
   private
 
     def set_employer

app/views/employers/show.html.erb

@@ -96,7 +96,31 @@
       <% else %>
         <p>No linked participants.</p>
       <% end %>
-    </div>
+   
+
+  <%= form_with(model: [@employer, EmployerRecord.new], url: link_participant_employer_records_path, method: :post, class: 'row g-3') do |form| %>
+  <div class="col-md-6">
+    <%= form.label :participant_name, "Add New Participant", class: 'form-label' %>
+    <%= text_field_tag :participant_name, nil, id: 'participant-autocomplete', class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'Start typing participant name...' %>
+    <%= hidden_field_tag 'employer_record[participant_id]', nil, id: 'selected-participant-id' %>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="col-md-3">
+    <%= form.label :start_date, class: 'form-label' %>
+    <%= form.date_field :start_date, class: 'form-control' %>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="col-md-3">
+    <%= form.label :end_date, class: 'form-label' %>
+    <%= form.date_field :end_date, class: 'form-control' %>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="col-12">
+    <%= form.submit "Link Participant", class: 'btn btn-dark' %>
+  </div>
+<% end %>
+
+</div>
   
    <div class="col-md-6">
       <h2 class="mt-4">Linked Workers</h2>
@@ -133,11 +157,86 @@
   <% else %>
     <p>No linked workers.</p>
   <% end %>
+
+  <%= form_with(model: EmployerRecord.new, url: link_worker_employer_path(@employer), method: :post, class: 'row g-3') do |form| %>
+    <div class="col-md-6">
+      <%= form.label :worker_name, "Add New Worker", class: 'form-label' %>
+      <%= text_field_tag :worker_name, nil, id: 'worker-autocomplete', class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'Start typing worker name...' %>
+      <%= hidden_field_tag 'employer_record[worker_id]', nil, id: 'selected-worker-id' %>
+    </div>
+  
+    <div class="col-md-3">
+      <%= form.label :start_date, class: 'form-label' %>
+      <%= form.date_field :start_date, class: 'form-control', name: 'employer_record[start_date]' %>
+    </div>
+  
+    <div class="col-md-3">
+      <%= form.label :end_date, class: 'form-label' %>
+      <%= form.date_field :end_date, class: 'form-control', name: 'employer_record[end_date]' %>
+    </div>
+  
+    <div class="col-12">
+      <%= form.submit "Link Worker", class: 'btn btn-dark' %>
+    </div>
+  <% end %>
+  
   
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
 
   
-  
+<%# JavaScript for Participant Autocomplete %>
-  
+<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
+<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.13.0/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.13.0/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
+
+<script>
+$(document).ready(function() {
+  $('#participant-autocomplete').autocomplete({
+    source: function(request, response) {
+      $.ajax({
+        url: '/participants/search', // Updated endpoint for searching participants
+        dataType: "json",
+        data: { term: request.term },
+        success: function(data) {
+          response(data);
+        }
+      });
+    },
+    minLength: 2, // Minimum characters to trigger the search
+    select: function(event, ui) {
+      // Function to handle selection
+      $('#participant-autocomplete').val(ui.item.label); // ui.item.label should contain the name of the participant
+      $('#selected-participant-id').val(ui.item.value); // Set the participant ID in the hidden field
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+});
+</script>
+
+<%# JavaScript for Worker Autocomplete %>
+<script>
+$(document).ready(function() {
+  $('#worker-autocomplete').autocomplete({
+    source: function(request, response) {
+      $.ajax({
+        url: '/workers/search', // Endpoint for searching workers
+        dataType: "json",
+        data: { term: request.term },
+        success: function(data) {
+          response(data);
+        }
+      });
+    },
+    minLength: 2, // Minimum characters to trigger the search
+    select: function(event, ui) {
+      // Function to handle selection
+      $('#worker-autocomplete').val(ui.item.label); // Worker's name
+      $('#selected-worker-id').val(ui.item.value); // Worker's ID
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+});
+</script>
+

config/routes.rb

@@ -37,14 +37,17 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   end
   
   resources :employments, only: [:edit, :update, :destroy]
+
   resources :employer_records, only: [:edit, :update, :destroy] do
-    collection do
+      post 'link_participant', on: :collection
-      post 'link_participant'
-    end
   end
+  
   resources :service_contracts
 
   resources :employers do
+    member do
+      post "link_worker"
+    end
     get 'search', on: :collection
   end