Rails - Jun 2006 - [PLUGIN] url_for_with_prefix - allowing you to modify/remove prefixes easily

Here''s the readme.  I think it''s okay to post this kind of
thing to
the mailing list.  Anyway, hopefully someone else finds this useful.


UrlForWithPrefix
===============
By Pat Maddox

Very simple plugin, adds the :prefix option to url_for.

Say in your environment.rb file you''ve got
  ActionController::AbstractRequest.relative_url_root = "/super"

Any time you use link_to, it will prepend /super to the link.  This
can be a pain if you want to link to other applications:
  link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller" # =>
"http://mysite/super/other_app_controller"

You''d like to be able to set a different prefix, or take it out
altogether.  With this plugin, you can do that:
  link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller",
:prefix => nil # => "http://mysite/other_app_controller"
  link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller",
:prefix => "/amazing" # =>
"http://mysite/amazing/other_app_controller"

Keep in mind when setting a new prefix, you must have a beginning /,
otherwise it will keep the original prefix AND use the new prefix:
  link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller",
:prefix => "amazing" # =>
"http://mysite/super/amazing/other_app_controller"

Wish I could say I had awesome unit tests, but I don''t.  This has
worked in all of my apps so far, but I can''t guarantee that it
won''t
break something, or that a future Rails update won''t break this
plugin.

I don''t really understand licenses, so do whatever you want with this,
I''d just appreciate a link back to www.flpr.org.

Plugin is available at http://svn.flpr.org/public/plugins/url_for_with_prefix

Pat:

Very nice.

Just FYI.. I released a simliar plugin to this back in May.

See http://www.napcsweb.com/rdoc/reverse_proxy_fix/index.html for info on
this

Mine is meant to be a site-wide approach for forcing users to come back
through a proxy. Yours looks great for making it really easy to integrate
multiple applications with ease.  Good work!!!



On 6/21/06, Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here''s the readme.  I think it''s okay to post this kind
of thing to
> the mailing list.  Anyway, hopefully someone else finds this useful.
>
>
> UrlForWithPrefix
> ===============>
> By Pat Maddox
>
> Very simple plugin, adds the :prefix option to url_for.
>
> Say in your environment.rb file you''ve got
>   ActionController::AbstractRequest.relative_url_root = "/super"
>
> Any time you use link_to, it will prepend /super to the link.  This
> can be a pain if you want to link to other applications:
>   link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller" # =>
> "http://mysite/super/other_app_controller"
>
> You''d like to be able to set a different prefix, or take it out
> altogether.  With this plugin, you can do that:
>   link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller",
> :prefix => nil # => "http://mysite/other_app_controller"
>   link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller",
> :prefix => "/amazing" # =>
> "http://mysite/amazing/other_app_controller"
>
> Keep in mind when setting a new prefix, you must have a beginning /,
> otherwise it will keep the original prefix AND use the new prefix:
>   link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller",
> :prefix => "amazing" # =>
> "http://mysite/super/amazing/other_app_controller"
>
> Wish I could say I had awesome unit tests, but I don''t.  This has
> worked in all of my apps so far, but I can''t guarantee that it
won''t
> break something, or that a future Rails update won''t break this
> plugin.
>
> I don''t really understand licenses, so do whatever you want with
this,
> I''d just appreciate a link back to www.flpr.org.
>
> Plugin is available at
> http://svn.flpr.org/public/plugins/url_for_with_prefix
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>
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On Jun 21, 2006, at 5:06 PM, Pat Maddox wrote:
> Here''s the readme.  I think it''s okay to post this kind
of thing to
> the mailing list.  Anyway, hopefully someone else finds this useful.
>
>
> UrlForWithPrefix
> ===============>
> By Pat Maddox
>
> Very simple plugin, adds the :prefix option to url_for.
>
> Say in your environment.rb file you''ve got
>  ActionController::AbstractRequest.relative_url_root = "/super"
>
> Any time you use link_to, it will prepend /super to the link.  This
> can be a pain if you want to link to other applications:
>  link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller" # =>
> "http://mysite/super/other_app_controller"
>
> You''d like to be able to set a different prefix, or take it out
> altogether.  With this plugin, you can do that:
>  link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller",
> :prefix => nil # => "http://mysite/other_app_controller"
>  link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller",
> :prefix => "/amazing" # =>
> "http://mysite/amazing/other_app_controller"
>
> Keep in mind when setting a new prefix, you must have a beginning /,
> otherwise it will keep the original prefix AND use the new prefix:
>  link_to "My Other App", :controller =>
"other_app_controller",
> :prefix => "amazing" # =>
> "http://mysite/super/amazing/other_app_controller"
>
> Wish I could say I had awesome unit tests, but I don''t.  This has
> worked in all of my apps so far, but I can''t guarantee that it
won''t
> break something, or that a future Rails update won''t break this
> plugin.
>
> I don''t really understand licenses, so do whatever you want with
this,
> I''d just appreciate a link back to www.flpr.org.
>
> Plugin is available at http://svn.flpr.org/public/plugins/ 
> url_for_with_prefix
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails