Is there any way to write a route that delivers a static resource? For some reason something (looks like Google Toolbar according to the user-agent string) is requesting favicon.ico at all sorts of weird places, not just at the root location where favicon.ico belongs, but at /someAction/favicon.ico, etc. I''d like to direct these all to the actual favicon.ico, to keep them out of my error logs. If I can''t do it in routes, I guess I can do it in apache. Thanks for any help! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Apr 16, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:> Is there any way to write a route that delivers a static resource? > > For some reason something (looks like Google Toolbar according to the > user-agent string) is requesting favicon.ico at all sorts of weird > places, not just at the root location where favicon.ico belongs, but > at > /someAction/favicon.ico, etc. > > I''d like to direct these all to the actual favicon.ico, to keep them > out > of my error logs. > > If I can''t do it in routes, I guess I can do it in apache. > > Thanks for any help! > --Do you have something in your layout that says to find "favicon.ico" that could just be changed to "/favicon.ico" perhaps? -Rob Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com Rob-xa9cJyRlE0mWcWVYNo9pwxS2lgjeYSpx@public.gmane.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Rob Biedenharn wrote:> Do you have something in your layout that says to find "favicon.ico" > that could just be changed to "/favicon.ico" perhaps?Nope, it''s nothing in my layout anywhere. It''s Google Toolbar acting up for some reason. Apparently others have seen it too: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Toolbar/thread?tid=78479dcc02044f76&hl=en But still wondering if I can ''route'' to a static resource, occasionally need that for other purposes too. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
> Rob Biedenharn wrote: >> Do you have something in your layout that says to find "favicon.ico" >> that could just be changed to "/favicon.ico" perhaps? > > Nope, it''s nothing in my layout anywhere. It''s Google Toolbar > acting up > for some reason. Apparently others have seen it too: > http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Toolbar/thread?tid=78479dcc02044f76&hl=en > > But still wondering if I can ''route'' to a static resource, > occasionally > need that for other purposes too.You could add a catch-all route at the end that checks for "favicon.ico" and then send-file the real favicon.ico back. Or to speed it up do it using rack/metal. But if were me, I''d do it in apache. That will definitely be the fastest. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
The problem is a catch-all route at the end would be AFTER the default map.connect '':controller/:action/:id'' type routes. So weird routes that things like Google Toolbar and MS Word keep sending like "fake/notAnAction.gif" would not get caught by my catch-all, right? I guess apache is the way to go. Or, in another question I posted in another thread, figure out how to keep Rails from putting a backtrace in for these kind of errors in general. Haven''t figured out where in Rails is actually generating that annoying backtrace in production.log in the first place. Philip Hallstrom wrote:> > You could add a catch-all route at the end that checks for > "favicon.ico" and then send-file the real favicon.ico back. Or to > speed it up do it using rack/metal. > > But if were me, I''d do it in apache. That will definitely be the > fastest.-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Philip Hallstrom wrote:> You could add a catch-all route at the end that checks for > "favicon.ico" and then send-file the real favicon.ico back. Or to > speed it up do it using rack/metal. > > But if were me, I''d do it in apache. That will definitely be the > fastest.Woops, I forgot my real question. Right, I can do a catch-all like that (I actually did figure out a way to do that) -- but how do I have a rails route send back a static file? Do I need to create a method in application.rb for sending back the static file? Any way to tell a route to result in a static file? THAT was my original question! Jonathan -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
>> You could add a catch-all route at the end that checks for >> "favicon.ico" and then send-file the real favicon.ico back. Or to >> speed it up do it using rack/metal. >> >> But if were me, I''d do it in apache. That will definitely be the >> fastest. > > Woops, I forgot my real question. Right, I can do a catch-all like > that > (I actually did figure out a way to do that) -- but how do I have a > rails route send back a static file?You don''t. Look at the ''send_data'' method in action controller.> Do I need to create a method in application.rb for sending back the > static file? Any way to tell a route to result in a static file?If you''re going to do this in Rails and you''re using a version that supports Rack, do it in rails metal. It will be a *lot* simpler and keep the entire thing out of your logs. http://railscasts.com/episodes/150-rails-metal -philip --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---