Is there a way to pull the host server information in Ruby on Rails? Such as a command? I have links linking back to my RoR web application, but my web application can and will move back and forth between servers and instead of constantly changing these links to accommodate the server, is there a way to define or pull server information and insert it in front of the link as a variable? Thanks. Gilles -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
> Is there a way to pull the host server information in Ruby on Rails? > Such as a command? > > I have links linking back to my RoR web application, but my web > application can and will move back and forth between servers and instead > of constantly changing these links to accommodate the server, is there a > way to define or pull server information and insert it in front of the > link as a variable? Thanks.You could inspect the ''request'' object and see what''s there.., but if it''s just for links, you could look at the :only_path => false part of url_for. But, why do you need absolute links? -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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Philip Hallstrom wrote:> > You could inspect the ''request'' object and see what''s there.., but if > it''s > just for links, you could look at the :only_path => false part of > url_for. > > But, why do you need absolute links? > > -philipCan you elaborate on that? Im using absolute links because I''m using action mailer. So I''m sending an email out when an entry in a table is created. The links are in these emails. So say I create an entry. I, and other people, then receive an email with a link back to this entry. Right now the link is based on my localhost, but if the web application were moved, it would refer to the wrong host. Does that make sense? Gilles -- 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 inspect the ''request'' object and see what''s there.., but if >> it''s >> just for links, you could look at the :only_path => false part of >> url_for. >> >> But, why do you need absolute links? >> >> -philip > > Can you elaborate on that? > > Im using absolute links because I''m using action mailer. So I''m sending > an email out when an entry in a table is created. The links are in these > emails. So say I create an entry. I, and other people, then receive an > email with a link back to this entry. Right now the link is based on my > localhost, but if the web application were moved, it would refer to the > wrong host. Does that make sense?Yep! That''s a good reason to have full urls :) I''d look at the request object as well :only_path => false url_for(options = {}, *parameters_for_method_reference) Returns a URL that has been rewritten according to the options hash and the defined Routes. (For doing a complete redirect, use redirect_to). A url_for is used to: A All keys given to url_for are forwarded to the Route module, save for the following: * :anchor specifies the anchor name to be appended to the path. For example, url_for :controller => posts, :action => show, :id => 10, :anchor => comments will produce "/posts/show/10#comments". * :only_path if true, returns the absolute URL (omitting the protocol, host name, and port) * :trailing_slash if true, adds a trailing slash, as in "/archive/2005/". Note that this is currently not recommended since it breaks caching. * :host overrides the default (current) host if provided * :protocol overrides the default (current) protocol if provided --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---