deleting questions from the inbox is now possible

app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb.coffee

@@ -72,6 +72,27 @@ $(document).on "click", "button[name=ib-answer]", ->
       btn.button "reset"
       $("textarea[name=ib-answer][data-id=#{iid}]").removeAttr "readonly"
 
+$(document).on "click", "button[name=ib-destroy]", ->
+  btn = $(this)
+  btn.button "loading"
+  iid = btn[0].dataset.ibId
+  $("textarea[name=ib-answer][data-id=#{iid}]").attr "readonly", "readonly"
+  $.ajax
+    url: '/ajax/delete_inbox'
+    type: 'POST'
+    data:
+      id: iid
+    success: (data, status, jqxhr) ->
+      if data.success
+        $("div.inbox-box[data-id=#{iid}]").slideUp()
+      showNotification data.message, data.success
+    error: (jqxhr, status, error) ->
+      console.log jqxhr, status, error
+      showNotification "An error occurred, a developer should check the console for details", false
+    complete: (jqxhr, status) ->
+      btn.button "reset"
+      $("textarea[name=ib-answer][data-id=#{iid}]").removeAttr "readonly"
+
 $(document).on "click", "button[name=ab-destroy]", ->
   btn = $(this)
   btn.button "loading"

app/controllers/ajax/inbox_controller.rb

@@ -11,19 +11,44 @@ class Ajax::InboxController < ApplicationController
       @success = false
       return
     end
-    
-    answer = Answer.create(content: params[:answer],
-                           user: current_user,
-                           question: inbox.question)
 
-    unless current_user.nil?
-      current_user.increment! :answered_count
+    begin
+      inbox.answer params[:answer], current_user
+    rescue
+      @status = :err
+      @message = "An error occurred"
+      @success = false
+      return
     end
 
-    Inbox.destroy inbox.id
-
     @status = :okay
     @message = "Successfully answered question."
     @success = true
   end
+
+  def remove
+    params.require :id
+
+    inbox = Inbox.find(params[:id])
+
+    unless current_user == inbox.user
+      @status = :fail
+      @message = "question not in your inbox"
+      @success = false
+      return
+    end
+
+    begin
+      inbox.remove
+    rescue
+      @status = :err
+      @message = "An error occurred"
+      @success = false
+      return
+    end
+
+    @status = :okay
+    @message = "Successfully deleted question."
+    @success = true
+  end
 end

app/models/inbox.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
 class Inbox < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :user
   belongs_to :question
+
+  def answer(answer, user)
+    Answer.create(content: answer,
+                  user: user,
+                  question: self.question)
+    user.increment! :answered_count
+    self.destroy
+  end
+
+  def remove
+    unless self.question.user.nil?
+      self.question.user.decrement! :asked_count
+    end
+
+    self.question.destroy
+    self.destroy
+  end
 end

app/views/ajax/inbox/remove.json.jbuilder

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+json.partial! 'ajax/shared/status'

app/views/inbox/show.html.haml

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
         %br/
         %button.btn.btn-success{name: 'ib-answer', 'data-ib-id' => i.id}
           Answer
+        %button.btn.btn-danger{name: 'ib-destroy', 'data-ib-id' => i.id}
+          Delete
 
   - if @inbox.empty?
 

config/routes.rb

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   namespace :ajax do
     match '/ask', to: 'question#create', via: :post, as: :ask
     match '/answer', to: 'inbox#destroy', via: :post, as: :answer
+    match '/delete_inbox', to: 'inbox#remove', via: :post, as: :delete_inbox
     match '/destroy_answer', to: 'answer#destroy', via: :post, as: :destroy_answer
     match '/create_friend', to: 'friend#create', via: :post, as: :create_friend
     match '/destroy_friend', to: 'friend#destroy', via: :post, as: :destroy_friend