1 module ActionController
2 # In <b>routes.rb</b> one defines URL-to-controller mappings, but the reverse
3 # is also possible: an URL can be generated from one of your routing definitions.
4 # URL generation functionality is centralized in this module.
6 # See ActionController::Routing and ActionController::Resources for general
7 # information about routing and routes.rb.
9 # <b>Tip:</b> If you need to generate URLs from your models or some other place,
10 # then ActionController::UrlWriter is what you're looking for. Read on for
13 # == URL generation from parameters
15 # As you may know, some functions - such as ActionController::Base#url_for
16 # and ActionView::Helpers::UrlHelper#link_to, can generate URLs given a set
17 # of parameters. For example, you've probably had the chance to write code
18 # like this in one of your views:
20 # <%= link_to('Click here', :controller => 'users',
21 # :action => 'new', :message => 'Welcome!') %>
23 # #=> Generates a link to: /users/new?message=Welcome%21
25 # link_to, and all other functions that require URL generation functionality,
26 # actually use ActionController::UrlWriter under the hood. And in particular,
27 # they use the ActionController::UrlWriter#url_for method. One can generate
28 # the same path as the above example by using the following code:
31 # url_for(:controller => 'users',
33 # :message => 'Welcome!',
35 # # => "/users/new?message=Welcome%21"
37 # Notice the <tt>:only_path => true</tt> part. This is because UrlWriter has no
38 # information about the website hostname that your Rails app is serving. So if you
39 # want to include the hostname as well, then you must also pass the <tt>:host</tt>
43 # url_for(:controller => 'users',
45 # :message => 'Welcome!',
46 # :host => 'www.example.com') # Changed this.
47 # # => "http://www.example.com/users/new?message=Welcome%21"
49 # By default, all controllers and views have access to a special version of url_for,
50 # that already knows what the current hostname is. So if you use url_for in your
51 # controllers or your views, then you don't need to explicitly pass the <tt>:host</tt>
54 # For convenience reasons, mailers provide a shortcut for ActionController::UrlWriter#url_for.
55 # So within mailers, you only have to type 'url_for' instead of 'ActionController::UrlWriter#url_for'
56 # in full. However, mailers don't have hostname information, and what's why you'll still
57 # have to specify the <tt>:host</tt> argument when generating URLs in mailers.
60 # == URL generation for named routes
62 # UrlWriter also allows one to access methods that have been auto-generated from
63 # named routes. For example, suppose that you have a 'users' resource in your
66 # map.resources :users
68 # This generates, among other things, the method <tt>users_path</tt>. By default,
69 # this method is accessible from your controllers, views and mailers. If you need
70 # to access this auto-generated method from other places (such as a model), then
71 # you can do that in two ways.
73 # The first way is to include ActionController::UrlWriter in your class:
75 # class User < ActiveRecord::Base
76 # include ActionController::UrlWriter # !!!
79 # write_attribute('name', value)
80 # write_attribute('base_uri', users_path) # !!!
84 # The second way is to access them through ActionController::UrlWriter.
85 # The autogenerated named routes methods are available as class methods:
87 # class User < ActiveRecord::Base
89 # write_attribute('name', value)
90 # path = ActionController::UrlWriter.users_path # !!!
91 # write_attribute('base_uri', path) # !!!
95 # The default options for urls written by this writer. Typically a <tt>:host</tt>
97 mattr_accessor
:default_url_options
98 self.default_url_options
= {}
100 def self.included(base
) #:nodoc:
101 ActionController
::Routing::Routes.install_helpers(base
)
102 base
.mattr_accessor
:default_url_options
103 base
.default_url_options
||= default_url_options
106 # Generate a url based on the options provided, default_url_options and the
107 # routes defined in routes.rb. The following options are supported:
109 # * <tt>:only_path</tt> - If true, the relative url is returned. Defaults to +false+.
110 # * <tt>:protocol</tt> - The protocol to connect to. Defaults to 'http'.
111 # * <tt>:host</tt> - Specifies the host the link should be targetted at.
112 # If <tt>:only_path</tt> is false, this option must be
113 # provided either explicitly, or via +default_url_options+.
114 # * <tt>:port</tt> - Optionally specify the port to connect to.
115 # * <tt>:anchor</tt> - An anchor name to be appended to the path.
116 # * <tt>:skip_relative_url_root</tt> - If true, the url is not constructed using the
117 # +relative_url_root+ set in ActionController::Base.relative_url_root.
118 # * <tt>:trailing_slash</tt> - If true, adds a trailing slash, as in "/archive/2009/"
120 # Any other key (<tt>:controller</tt>, <tt>:action</tt>, etc.) given to
121 # +url_for+ is forwarded to the Routes module.
125 # url_for :controller => 'tasks', :action => 'testing', :host=>'somehost.org', :port=>'8080' # => 'http://somehost.org:8080/tasks/testing'
126 # url_for :controller => 'tasks', :action => 'testing', :host=>'somehost.org', :anchor => 'ok', :only_path => true # => '/tasks/testing#ok'
127 # url_for :controller => 'tasks', :action => 'testing', :trailing_slash=>true # => 'http://somehost.org/tasks/testing/'
128 # url_for :controller => 'tasks', :action => 'testing', :host=>'somehost.org', :number => '33' # => 'http://somehost.org/tasks/testing?number=33'
130 options
= self.class.default_url_options
.merge(options
)
134 unless options
.delete(:only_path)
135 url
<< (options
.delete(:protocol) || 'http')
136 url
<< '://' unless url
.match("://")
138 raise "Missing host to link to! Please provide :host parameter or set default_url_options[:host]" unless options
[:host]
140 url
<< options
.delete(:host)
141 url
<< ":#{options.delete(:port)}" if options
.key
?(:port)
143 # Delete the unused options to prevent their appearance in the query string.
144 [:protocol, :host, :port, :skip_relative_url_root].each
{ |k
| options
.delete(k
) }
146 trailing_slash
= options
.delete(:trailing_slash) if options
.key
?(:trailing_slash)
147 url
<< ActionController
::Base.relative_url_root
.to_s
unless options
[:skip_relative_url_root]
148 anchor
= "##{CGI.escape options.delete(:anchor).to_param.to_s}" if options
[:anchor]
149 generated
= Routing
::Routes.generate(options
, {})
150 url
<< (trailing_slash
? generated
.sub(/\?|\z/) { "/" + $
& } : generated
)
151 url
<< anchor
if anchor
157 # Rewrites URLs for Base.redirect_to and Base.url_for in the controller.
158 class UrlRewriter
#:nodoc:
159 RESERVED_OPTIONS
= [:anchor, :params, :only_path, :host, :protocol, :port, :trailing_slash, :skip_relative_url_root]
160 def initialize(request
, parameters
)
161 @request, @parameters = request
, parameters
164 def rewrite(options
= {})
169 "#{@request.protocol}, #{@request.host_with_port}, #{@request.path}, #{@parameters[:controller]}, #{@parameters[:action]}, #{@request.parameters.inspect}"
172 alias_method
:to_s, :to_str
175 # Given a path and options, returns a rewritten URL string
176 def rewrite_url(options
)
179 unless options
[:only_path]
180 rewritten_url
<< (options
[:protocol] || @request.protocol
)
181 rewritten_url
<< "://" unless rewritten_url
.match("://")
182 rewritten_url
<< rewrite_authentication(options
)
183 rewritten_url
<< (options
[:host] || @request.host_with_port
)
184 rewritten_url
<< ":#{options.delete(:port)}" if options
.key
?(:port)
187 path
= rewrite_path(options
)
188 rewritten_url
<< ActionController
::Base.relative_url_root
.to_s
unless options
[:skip_relative_url_root]
189 rewritten_url
<< (options
[:trailing_slash] ? path
.sub(/\?|\z/) { "/" + $
& } : path
)
190 rewritten_url
<< "##{options[:anchor]}" if options
[:anchor]
195 # Given a Hash of options, generates a route
196 def rewrite_path(options
)
197 options
= options
.symbolize_keys
198 options
.update(options
[:params].symbolize_keys
) if options
[:params]
200 if (overwrite
= options
.delete(:overwrite_params))
201 options
.update(@parameters.symbolize_keys
)
202 options
.update(overwrite
.symbolize_keys
)
205 RESERVED_OPTIONS
.each
{ |k
| options
.delete(k
) }
207 # Generates the query string, too
208 Routing
::Routes.generate(options
, @request.symbolized_path_parameters
)
211 def rewrite_authentication(options
)
212 if options
[:user] && options
[:password]
213 "#{CGI.escape(options.delete(:user))}:#{CGI.escape(options.delete(:password))}@"