Rails - May 2006 - calling render_to_string outside of controller

How can I call render_to_string outside of a controller.  I''m stuck on 
this.  I''ve nearly got my plugin finished but I can''t seem to
get this
to work.  The method is in ActionController::Base but it is protected.

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charlie bowman wrote:
> How can I call render_to_string outside of a controller.  I''m
stuck on
> this.  I''ve nearly got my plugin finished but I can''t
seem to get this
> to work.  The method is in ActionController::Base but it is protected.
I''m going to keep posting my attempts, maybe someone out there knows
how
to do this.  Here is the offending portion on code.  It almost workd but 
I get this:

protected method `render_to_string'' called for 
#<ActionController::Base:0xb7850f14>

def execute_ruby_code( str )
  render_class = ActionController::Base.new
  logger.error(''test'')
  logger.error(render_class.class)
  str = str.gsub(/\<ruby\>(.*?)\<\/ruby\>/) do |match|
    match = render_class.render_to_string(:inline => $1, :type => 
''rhtml'')
  logger.error(match)
  end
  str
end

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This is untested, but you could get around the protection by doing

match = render_class.instance_eval {render_to_string(:inline => $1, :type
=>
''rhtml'')}

-RYaN

On 5/26/06, charlie bowman <cbowmanschool@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> charlie bowman wrote:
> > How can I call render_to_string outside of a controller.  I''m
stuck on
> > this.  I''ve nearly got my plugin finished but I
can''t seem to get this
> > to work.  The method is in ActionController::Base but it is protected.
>
> I''m going to keep posting my attempts, maybe someone out there
knows how
> to do this.  Here is the offending portion on code.  It almost workd but
> I get this:
>
> protected method `render_to_string'' called for
> #<ActionController::Base:0xb7850f14>
>
> def execute_ruby_code( str )
>   render_class = ActionController::Base.new
>   logger.error(''test'')
>   logger.error(render_class.class)
>   str = str.gsub(/\<ruby\>(.*?)\<\/ruby\>/) do |match|
>     match = render_class.render_to_string(:inline => $1, :type =>
> ''rhtml'')
>   logger.error(match)
>   end
>   str
> end
>
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Thank you for your help! It got me past the protected method error, but 
it appears that I''m still missing something.  At line 992 there is 
@assigns, it appears that this array is filled with the parameters from 
the request header.  Any clues on how to get around this.  Again thank 
you for your help!

 NoMethodError in Admin/postController#preview

You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occured while evaluating nil.[]
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:992:in 
`add_class_variables_to_assigns''
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:991:in 
`add_class_variables_to_assigns''

Ryan Williams wrote:
> This is untested, but you could get around the protection by doing
> 
> match = render_class.instance_eval {render_to_string(:inline => $1, 
> :type =>
> ''rhtml'')}
> 
> -RYaN

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Hi!

On May 26, 2006, at 3:24 PM, charlie bowman wrote:
> charlie bowman wrote:
>> How can I call render_to_string outside of a controller.  I''m
>> stuck on
>> this.  I''ve nearly got my plugin finished but I can''t
seem to get
>> this
>> to work.  The method is in ActionController::Base but it is  
>> protected.
>
> I''m going to keep posting my attempts, maybe someone out there  
> knows how
> to do this.  Here is the offending portion on code.  It almost  
> workd but
> I get this:
>
> protected method `render_to_string'' called for
> #<ActionController::Base:0xb7850f14>
>
> def execute_ruby_code( str )
>   render_class = ActionController::Base.new
>   logger.error(''test'')
>   logger.error(render_class.class)
>   str = str.gsub(/\<ruby\>(.*?)\<\/ruby\>/) do |match|
>     match = render_class.render_to_string(:inline => $1, :type =>
> ''rhtml'')
>   logger.error(match)
>   end
>   str
> end
>
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    match = render_class.send(:render_to_string, {:inline =>  
$1, :type => ''rhtml''})


-Ezra

Thank you for your help! This method works just at the previous, but
I''m
still getting the same nil object error.  I decided to try something a 
little different and I managed to get a little further.  The code below 
works for everything I''ve tried(which isn''t that much) but it
breaks if
the template string has a link_to inside of it.  The link to method 
would be the most common bit of could I''m looking to use.  I think when
the plugin is called I don''t have the proper response object.   At
least
that''s my theory.

Here is my error and code

NoMethodError (You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
The error occured while evaluating nil.url_for):
    .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb:27:in 
`url_for''
    .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb:59:in 
`link_to''
    compiled-template:1:in `_run_rhtml_2''
    .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:314:in 
`compile_and_render_template''
    .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:290:in 
`render_template''
    .//vendor/plugins/acts_as_blog/lib/acts_as_blog.rb:54:in 
`execute_ruby_code''


def execute_ruby_code( str )
  render_class = ActionView::Base.new
  logger.error(''test'')
  logger.error(render_class.class)
  str = str.gsub(/\<ruby\>(.*?)\<\/ruby\>/) do |match|
    match = render_class.render_template(''rhtml'',$1)
   end
   logger.error(str)
   str
end


Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On May 26, 2006, at 3:24 PM, charlie bowman wrote:
> 
>> to do this.  Here is the offending portion on code.  It almost  
>>   str = str.gsub(/\<ruby\>(.*?)\<\/ruby\>/) do |match|
>> Rails mailing list
>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> 
> 
> 
>     match = render_class.send(:render_to_string, {:inline =>
> $1, :type => ''rhtml''})
> 
> 
> -Ezra

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Hi !

On May 27, 2006, at 6:07 AM, charlie bowman wrote:
> Thank you for your help! This method works just at the previous,  
> but I''m
> still getting the same nil object error.  I decided to try something a
> little different and I managed to get a little further.  The code  
> below
> works for everything I''ve tried(which isn''t that much)
but it
> breaks if
> the template string has a link_to inside of it.  The link to method
> would be the most common bit of could I''m looking to use.  I think
> when
> the plugin is called I don''t have the proper response object.   At
> least
> that''s my theory.
>
> Here is my error and code
>
> NoMethodError (You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
> The error occured while evaluating nil.url_for):
>     .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/ 
> url_helper.rb:27:in
> `url_for''
>     .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/ 
> url_helper.rb:59:in
> `link_to''
>     compiled-template:1:in `_run_rhtml_2''
>     .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:314:in
> `compile_and_render_template''
>     .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:290:in
> `render_template''
>     .//vendor/plugins/acts_as_blog/lib/acts_as_blog.rb:54:in
> `execute_ruby_code''
>
>
> def execute_ruby_code( str )
>   render_class = ActionView::Base.new
>   logger.error(''test'')
>   logger.error(render_class.class)
>   str = str.gsub(/\<ruby\>(.*?)\<\/ruby\>/) do |match|
>     match = render_class.render_template(''rhtml'',$1)
>    end
>    logger.error(str)
>    str
> end
>
>
> Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> On May 26, 2006, at 3:24 PM, charlie bowman wrote:
>>
>>> to do this.  Here is the offending portion on code.  It almost
>>>   str = str.gsub(/\<ruby\>(.*?)\<\/ruby\>/) do |match|
>>> Rails mailing list
>>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>>
>>
>>
>>     match = render_class.send(:render_to_string, {:inline =>
>> $1, :type => ''rhtml''})
>>
>>
>> -Ezra

Charlie-

	Maybe you can paste a little more code from your plugin? I''m a  
little unclear exactly what you are trying to do. So maybe if you can  
explain the problem you are trying to solve I can help?


Cheers-
-Ezra

> Charlie-
> 
> 	Maybe you can paste a little more code from your plugin? I''m a
> little unclear exactly what you are trying to do. So maybe if you can
> explain the problem you are trying to solve I can help?
> 
> 
> Cheers-
> -Ezra
Ezra,
  Thanks for taking the time to help!

The plugin I''m working on is going to allow me to embed ruby code into
a
blog post and have it executed when it is retrieved or possibly before 
it is saved.  Here is an example of a blog post

the time is <ruby><%= Time.now %></ruby>

The above is currently working with the plugin.  The following will not 
it gives the error I mention above.

Here is my <ruby><%= link_to(''link'',:controller =>
''foo'', :action =>
''bar'')%></ruby>

The plugin is called acts_as_blog. Here is the code from 
lib/acts_as_blog.rb

require ''active_record''

## Lets create a namespace
module TextConversion
        ## make it acts_as_blog
        module Acts
                module Blog

      def self.included(base)
        base.extend(ClassMethods)
      end

      module ClassMethods
        def acts_as_blog
          class_eval do
            extend TextConversion::Acts::Blog::SingletonMethods
          end
        end
      end

       module SingletonMethods
        def convert_to_html(txt, text_filter, restrictions = [])
                      return "" if txt.blank?
                  return txt if text_filter.blank?

                  text_filter.split.each do |filter|
                  case filter
                  when "markdown":
                          txt = BlueCloth.new(txt, restrictions).to_html
                        when "textile":
                          txt = self.encode_html(txt) if 
restrictions.include?(:filter_html)
                                                        txt = 
execute_ruby_code(txt) unless restrictions.include?(:filter_html)
                          txt = RedCloth.new(txt, 
restrictions).to_html(:textile)
                          txt.gsub!(''\n'',''<br
/>'')
                        when "smartypants":
                   txt = RubyPants.new(txt).to_html
                  end
                        end
                return txt
                end
                                def execute_ruby_code( str )
                                        render_class = 
ActionView::Base.new
                                        logger.error(''test'')
                                        logger.error(render_class.class)
                                        str = 
str.gsub(/\<ruby\>(.*?)\<\/ruby\>/) do |match|
                                                match = 
render_class.render_template(''rhtml'',$1)
                                                #logger.error(match)
                                        end
                                        logger.error(str)
                                        str
                                end

                                # Taken from BlueCloth since RedCloth''s
filter_html is broken
                def self.encode_html( str )
                str.gsub!( "<", "&lt;" )
                str.gsub!( ">", "&gt;" )
                str
                end
        # etc...
      end

      end

    end
  end

# reopen ActiveRecord and include all the above to make
# them available to all our models if they want it

ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval do
  include TextConversion::Acts::Blog
end


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Hi Charlie,

Did you ever fully resolve this?

I tried the
"render_class.render_template(''rhtml'',$1)" but get
the
protected method error, and "render_class.send(:render_to_string, 
{:inline =>
$1, :type => ''rhtml''})" screws up when it hits the
class assigns.

I created a patch for handling the link_to error that occurs when one 
uses that controller method in mail templates:

http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/3517

which might help you here.

Currently I''m trying to use render_to_string in the selenese template 
handler for the Selenium on Rails testing framework, so that we can 
include ruby in our selenese scripts.

What I''d really like is be able to call more than one template handler 
for a given file type ...

CHEERS> SAM

charlie bowman wrote:
>Thank you for your help! This method works just at the previous, but
I''m
>still getting the same nil object error.  I decided to try something a 
>little different and I managed to get a little further.  The code below 
>works for everything I''ve tried(which isn''t that much) but
it breaks if
>the template string has a link_to inside of it.  The link to method 
>would be the most common bit of could I''m looking to use.  I think
when
>the plugin is called I don''t have the proper response object.   At
least
>that''s my theory.
>
>Here is my error and code
>
>NoMethodError (You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
>The error occured while evaluating nil.url_for):
>    .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb:27:in 
>`url_for''
>    .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb:59:in 
>`link_to''
>    compiled-template:1:in `_run_rhtml_2''
>    .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:314:in 
>`compile_and_render_template''
>    .//vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb:290:in 
>`render_template''
>    .//vendor/plugins/acts_as_blog/lib/acts_as_blog.rb:54:in 
>`execute_ruby_code''
>
>
>def execute_ruby_code( str )
>  render_class = ActionView::Base.new
>  logger.error(''test'')
>  logger.error(render_class.class)
>  str = str.gsub(/\<ruby\>(.*?)\<\/ruby\>/) do |match|
>    match = render_class.render_template(''rhtml'',$1)
>   end
>   logger.error(str)
>   str
>end
>
>
>Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>On May 26, 2006, at 3:24 PM, charlie bowman wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>to do this.  Here is the offending portion on code.  It almost  
>>>  str = str.gsub(/\<ruby\>(.*?)\<\/ruby\>/) do |match|
>>>Rails mailing list
>>>Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
>>>http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>>>      
>>>
>>
>>    match = render_class.send(:render_to_string, {:inline =>
>>$1, :type => ''rhtml''})
>>
>>
>>-Ezra
>>    
>>
>
>
>  
>