I am trying to set CarrierWave's default url inside of the CarrierWave uploader. To do this, I would like to use the asset pipeline to do the following in uploaders/image_uploader.rb:
def default_url
image_path('question_mark.png')
end
But it fails because: undefined methodimage_path' for :ImageUploader`
Then I tried to add include ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper to uploaders/image_uploader.rb but got this error: undefined local variable or methodconfig' for :ImageUploader`
Any idea how I can get the image_path helper to work outside the view?
I asked a similar question here and concluded there is no way to get any *_path or *_url helpers working in models. I knew that it definitely shouldn't be done (violating MVC and so forth) but it seems it cannot be done at all...
My problem was setting the default_url for a Paperclip attachment and I ended up setting it to the path I would give to image_tag (simply 'image.png' if image.png is located in app/assets/images or public/images) and then using image_path when accessing it. Would that work for you as well?
Not sure exactly what I was trying to do here, ended up working around it but in case anyone comes here wanting to add the _path or _url helpers in their model, do this:
class Post < ActiveRecord :: Base
include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
# This is so you can use _url params
# you'll need to define the host in your config for it to work though
default_url_options[:host] = Rails.configuration.host
# ...
end
I had a similar problem and I resolved it by doing the following in Rails 3.2.
I declared the following module:
module MyApp::AssetHelper
def config
#config ||= ActionController::Base.config
#config.asset_host = 'http://whereveryouhostyour.assets' #not needed if you have this defined in your environment file
#config
end
def controller
ActionController::Base
end
end
I included the following helpers into the model where I wanted to use the asset_tag helpers
include Sprockets::Helpers::RailsHelper
include MyApp::AssetHelper
This allowed me to call the asset_tag helpers where I needed it.
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I'm using rails 5.0 and I get the
PostsController#index is missing a template for this request format and variant. request.formats: ["text/html"] request.variant: []
NOTE! For XHR/Ajax or API requests while trying to input my url/posts.
my routing.rb file is below:
Rails.application.routes.draw do
get 'posts/index' => 'posts#index'
resources: posts
end
my posts_controller.rb looks like below:
class PostsController < ApplicationController
def index
end
end
I want to know specifically what I'm doing wrong. I've just started to learning Ruby on Rails.
Template is missing. You need to create a file ie index.html.erb under directory /app/views/posts/index.html
GET profiles/employees- Should display all the employees
GET profiles/employees/:id should display a specfic employee
GET profiles/donors - Should display all the donors
GET profiles/donors/:id - Should display a specfic donor
routes in ruby on rails behave in the same way as href tag in rails
we use get for link and if we want toi perform any action on button then w e have to use button.
if you have any doubt let me know in detail.
for more details refer this
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
if we write only localhost:3000/employees then bydefault our application will redirect to index page.
The issue is template missing you are missing the template file index.html.erb
I have notice that on your snapshot you named the template file as index.html.erb.txt
remove the .txt and rename to index.html.erb Then it should work
Also you don't need to declare the routes as
get 'posts/index' => 'posts#index'
Just declare the resources: posts is enough. You may check the routes using the rake routes command on your rails console
Rename the file index.html.erb.txt to index.html.erb
In Octopress, I'm trying to get a post's full file path (something like ~/projects/site/source/_posts/2012-01-01-something.markdown) by extending the Jekyll:Post class.
module Jekyll
class Post
alias_method :original_to_liquid, :to_liquid
def to_liquid
# test if this function is actually called
puts "hello"
original_to_liquid.deep_merge({
'full_path' => File.join(#base,#name)
})
end
end
end
I name this file as full_path.rb and put it in the plugins folder. Oddly, my to_liquid function never get called, since the hello message didn't show up.
Even more strange, I find the date.rb shipped with Octopress also defines to_liquid method of class Post, so I add the full_path => File.join(#base,#name) line there and it works! I'm soooo confused.
So my question is, why my to_liquid method didn't get called?
UPDATE
After upgrading jekyll from 0.12.0 to 1.2.1, it magically works......
You might take a look at the Post#permalink documentation. It should do what you want without having to create new plugins.
(if I misunderstood you, maybe containing_dir is the method you're looking for)
I've just started writing a reasonably straightforward site using sinatra. My problem is that I wanted to refactor the main app.rb file but am getting errors trying to access the url params.
In my get '/' action, Sinatra's looking at which params are set and then needs to do a few different things depending on what's in the url. Something like this.
class App < Sinatra::Application
...
get '/' do
if params['code1']
#network = 'code1'
mode code here
elsif params['called'] && params['mac']
#network = 'code2'
mode code here
elsif params['code3']
#network = 'code3'
mode code here
end
end
The problem is that I need to require a file that also uses the params.
I've put the following in the above code:
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/lib/networks/code1.rb'
Where code1.rb includes:
class App < Sinatra::Application
if params['login'] # == 'login'
pass = 'uampass'
elsif
...
But that gives me the following error:
undefined local variable or method `params' for main:Object
How can I refactor this without causing an error
As far as i know you can't use two (or more) Sinatra applications in, well one application. Since both files define a Sinatra::Application descendant this isn't possible.
Also if you want to use values from the params-hash you should define helper methods Helper Documentation, which you call when processing the route, or you just create Class which has class or instance methods which take params-values as parameters. Actually calling params from another file/class doesn't seem like good practice.
To put this in context: Sinatra applications are organised as handlers. The Sinatra::Application descendant is something like the main handler which uses support methods(helpers and instance methods of the Sinatra::Application descendant) or support Classes, which are usually defined in other files, but do not descend from Sinatra::Application.
To make this a little bit more clearly:
Your main Sinatra file:
require_relative 'another_file.rb'
class App < Sinatra::Application
# ...
#a_handler = MyHandler.new
get '/' do
if params['something'] == 'wanted_value'
#a_handler.handle_it(params)
end
end
Another file ('another_file.rb'):
class MyHandler
def initialize
#an_instance_variable = 'foobar'
end
def handle_it(params_hash)
if params_hash['login'] # == 'login'
pass = 'uampass'
elsif
# ...
end
# ...
# do some stuff
# ....
return pass
end
end
Actual code would of course depend on the real problem you're trying to solve, so if you would elaborate i could be more precise...
The error message contains everything you need to know, and it's nothing to do with Sinatra.
You are requiring code1.rb, which contains this (slightly edited so it will run):
require 'sinatra'
class App < Sinatra::Application
if params['login'] # == 'login'
pass = 'uampass'
end
end
Ruby evaluates code as it encounters it. In this case, you've required 'code1.rb', so it evaluates the code in that file. It encounters 'params' and asks "is there a local variable or method with that name?". There isn't, so it fails as you've seen. Open an irb session and check it out.
Class definitions in ruby are just an expression with a scope.
In relation to Sinatra: params is available in the block that a route declaration takes.
I'd recommend reading Sinatra: Up and Running, which explains some of the 'magic' that is going on (a good companion to the Sinatra Book).
I am writing a helper and I need to get a rendered file as String.
I see that the method that I need exists in the middleman's library: http://rubydoc.info/github/middleman/middleman/Middleman/CoreExtensions/Rendering/InstanceMethods#render_individual_file-instance_method
How do I call this function from my helper class?
I tried:
require "middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/rendering.rb"
...
puts Middleman::CoreExtensions::Rendering::InstanceMethods.render_individual_file(filepath)
But it does not seem to find the file, any idea?
I'm not sure 3.0 beta is quite ready for primetime.
That said, it does sound like the partial method is what you're looking for.
Unless I'm missing something, the Middleman method seems like an overly-complex solution. For one of my sites I wanted to load entire text files into my templates, so I wrote this helper:
# Shortcut for loading raw text files. Obviously assumes that given file is in a valid format.
# #return [String] File contents
def load_textfile(filename)
File.read filename.to_s
end
Also, you should clarify if you are intending to use this within a template, or within Ruby code. It's not clear to me based on your question.
Here is an example of how one would use above helper:
Currently of note, Middleman is in the process of transitioning to version 4, and the conventions for loading helpers will change. The most straightforward way to define a helper is within a helper block in your config.rb file, as follows:
helpers do
# Define helper functions here to make them available in templates
end
I use Slim for templating. It really is the best. In slim you would appply helper as thus:
= load_textfile 'path'
p You can embed helper output in your page with interpolation, too: #{load_textfile 'path'}
Right now, I do a
get '/' do
set :base_url, "#{request.env['rack.url_scheme']}://#{request.env['HTTP_HOST']}"
# ...
haml :index
end
to be able to use options.base_url in the HAML index.haml.
But I am sure there is a far better, DRY, way of doing this. Yet I cannot see, nor find it. (I am new to Sinatra :))
Somehow, outside of get, I don't have request.env available, or so it seems. So putting it in an include did not work.
How do you get your base url?
You can get it using request.base_url too =D (take a look at rack/request.rb)
A couple things.
set is a class level method, which means you are modifying the whole app's state with each request
The above is a problem because potentially, the base url could be different on different requests eg http://foo.com and https://foo.com or if you have multiple domains pointed at the same app server using DNS
A better tactic might be to define a helper
helpers do
def base_url
#base_url ||= "#{request.env['rack.url_scheme']}://#{request.env['HTTP_HOST']}"
end
end
If you need the base url outside of responding to queries(not in a get/post/put/delete block or a view), it would be better to set it manually somewhere.