Rails 4 Active Model Validations -

i'm trying create contact form on website using active model.

the problem having errors messages never returned.

i'm using remote form.

routes:

 resource :front_contacts, only: :create, controller: :front_contact 

controller:

 class frontcontactcontroller < applicationcontroller    def create      contact = frontcontact.new(params[:front_contact])      @errors = contact.errors.size    end  end 

front_contact:

 class frontcontact    include activemodel::model     attr_accessor :name, :email, :message     validates_presence_of :name, :message    validates_format_of :email, with: /[a-za-z0-9._%-]+@(?:[a-za-z0-9-]+\.)+(com|net|org|info|biz|me|edu|gov)/i   end 

js.erb:

  alert(<%= @errors %>); 

the alert alerting zero.

please advise.

if you're using rails 4, there's new inclusion of strong params may preventing models getting created.

do have following anywhere in controller?

params.require(:front_contact).permit! 

i had same problem when switching on rails 4, , baffled because not permitting specific params doesn't throw error message; object doesn't created.

if have railscasts account, there's great video on how deal strong params here.