Search Bar In Rails

First define methods in the controller

def search_people 
end
def found_people
    @my_appts = current_le.appointments
    @appointments = @my_appts.where(date:params[:date])
end

Create a view that is an empty form that finds data base on the user input

<% @appointments.each do |appointment| %> 
<li> <ul> <%= appointment.le.first_name %> </ul> <ul> 
<%= appointment.client.name %> </ul> </li> 
<% end %>
<%= form_tag("/search_appts", method: "post") do %>
 <%= label_tag(:date, "Search for:") %> <%= date_field_tag(:date) %> <%= submit_tag("Search Appts") %>
 <% end %>

Create routes so that the user can navigate to the path

get 'search_appts', to: 'appointments#search_appts', as: 'search_appts' post 'search_appts', to: 'appointments#found_appts'