Rails - Jun 2006 - Silly question re: scoping of controller actions

Say that there''s a piece of functionality I want to call everytime the 
controller is invoked, regardless of what action I am calling.  Where do 
I put that, exactly?
Can I do that?

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Duane wrote:
> Say that there''s a piece of functionality I want to call everytime
the
> controller is invoked, regardless of what action I am calling.  Where do 
> I put that, exactly?
> Can I do that?
Take a look at before_filter.  You can specify which method you want 
called before any action is called.  You can also customize which 
actions your filter will apply to.

Jeff
softiesonrails.com

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D''oh!  I''m already using before_filter for my authorization
stuff
anyway.  Should ahve thought of that.

Thanks Jeff!

Jeff Cohen wrote:
> Duane wrote:
>> Say that there''s a piece of functionality I want to call
everytime the
>> controller is invoked, regardless of what action I am calling.  Where
do
>> I put that, exactly?
>> Can I do that?
> 
> Take a look at before_filter.  You can specify which method you want 
> called before any action is called.  You can also customize which 
> actions your filter will apply to.
> 
> Jeff
> softiesonrails.com

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Jeff Cohen wrote:
> Duane wrote:
>> Say that there''s a piece of functionality I want to call
everytime the
>> controller is invoked, regardless of what action I am calling.  Where
do
>> I put that, exactly?
>> Can I do that?
> 
> Take a look at before_filter.  You can specify which method you want 
> called before any action is called.  You can also customize which 
> actions your filter will apply to.
> 
> Jeff
> softiesonrails.com
class MyController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :require_login, :except => [:signup, :about]

  def require_login
    redirect_to :action => ''signup'' unless session[:user]
  end
end

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