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Firing a controller's action from the console

It seems like a simple task, but here's how you can simulate the calling of a controller's action:

ruby script/console

irb> require 'action_controller/test_process'
irb> require 'application'
irb> require 'site_controller'
irb> request = ActionController::TestRequest.new
irb> response = ActionController::TestResponse.new
irb> request.env['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET'
irb> request.action = "late_employee"
irb> InfoController.process(request,response)

Basically, it's like getting inside of a TestUnit method, but you have to do the dirty work yourself.

to ruby rails controller action by canadaduane on Aug 25, 2005 4 Comments

Render a partial to an instance variable

Normally, if you call "render_partial" within a controller, nothing but the partial will be rendered.

Occasionally, it is useful to render a partial to an instance variable as a string so that the view can still be rendered as normal, and the string can be passed in to the view.

  add_variables_to_assigns
  @content_for_navbar = @template.render_partial 'layouts/public_navbar'

to ruby rails template partial controller assigns by canadaduane on Jun 19, 2005 2 Comments