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module ActionView::Helpers::UrlHelper

Action View URL Helpers

Provides a set of methods for making links and getting URLs that depend on the routing subsystem (see ActionDispatch::Routing). This allows you to use the same format for links in views and controllers.

Inherits From

Constants

BUTTON_TAG_METHOD_VERBS

This helper may be included in any class that includes the URL helpers of a routes (routes.url_helpers). Some methods provided here will only work in the context of a request (link_to_unless_current, for instance), which must be provided as a method called request on the context.

%w{patch put delete}

STRINGIFIED_COMMON_METHODS

{
get:    "get",
delete: "delete",
patch:  "patch",
post:   "post",
put:    "put",
}.freeze

Public instance methods

button_to(name = nil, options = nil, html_options = nil, &block)

Generates a form containing a single button that submits to the URL created by the set of options. This is the safest method to ensure links that cause changes to your data are not triggered by search bots or accelerators.

You can control the form and button behavior with html_options. Most values in html_options are passed through to the button element. For example, passing a :class option within html_options will set the class attribute of the button element.

The class attribute of the form element can be set by passing a :form_class option within html_options. It defaults to "button_to" to allow styling of the form and its children.

The form submits a POST request by default if the object is not persisted; conversely, if the object is persisted, it will submit a PATCH request. To specify a different HTTP verb use the :method option within html_options.

If the HTML button generated from button_to does not work with your layout, you can consider using the link_to method with the data-turbo-method attribute as described in the link_to documentation.

Options

The options hash accepts the same options as url_for. To generate a <form> element without an [action] attribute, pass false:

<%= button_to "New", false %>
# => "<form method="post" class="button_to">
#      <button type="submit">New</button>
#      <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="10f2163b45388899ad4d5ae948988266befcb6c3d1b2451cf657a0c293d605a6"/>
#    </form>"

Most values in html_options are passed through to the button element, but there are a few special options:

  • :method - Symbol of HTTP verb. Supported verbs are :post, :get, :delete, :patch, and :put. By default it will be :post.

  • :disabled - If set to true, it will generate a disabled button.

  • :data - This option can be used to add custom data attributes.

  • :form - This hash will be form attributes

  • :form_class - This controls the class of the form within which the submit button will be placed

  • :params - Hash of parameters to be rendered as hidden fields within the form.

Examples

<%= button_to "New", action: "new" %>
# => "<form method="post" action="/controller/new" class="button_to">
#      <button type="submit">New</button>
#      <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="10f2163b45388899ad4d5ae948988266befcb6c3d1b2451cf657a0c293d605a6" autocomplete="off"/>
#    </form>"

<%= button_to "New", new_article_path %>
# => "<form method="post" action="/articles/new" class="button_to">
#      <button type="submit">New</button>
#      <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="10f2163b45388899ad4d5ae948988266befcb6c3d1b2451cf657a0c293d605a6" autocomplete="off"/>
#    </form>"

<%= button_to "New", new_article_path, params: { time: Time.now  } %>
# => "<form method="post" action="/articles/new" class="button_to">
#      <button type="submit">New</button>
#      <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="10f2163b45388899ad4d5ae948988266befcb6c3d1b2451cf657a0c293d605a6"/>
#      <input type="hidden" name="time" value="2021-04-08 14:06:09 -0500" autocomplete="off">
#    </form>"

<%= button_to [:make_happy, @user] do %>
  Make happy <strong><%= @user.name %></strong>
<% end %>
# => "<form method="post" action="/users/1/make_happy" class="button_to">
#      <button type="submit">
#        Make happy <strong><%= @user.name %></strong>
#      </button>
#      <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="10f2163b45388899ad4d5ae948988266befcb6c3d1b2451cf657a0c293d605a6"  autocomplete="off"/>
#    </form>"

<%= button_to "New", { action: "new" }, form_class: "new-thing" %>
# => "<form method="post" action="/controller/new" class="new-thing">
#      <button type="submit">New</button>
#      <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="10f2163b45388899ad4d5ae948988266befcb6c3d1b2451cf657a0c293d605a6"  autocomplete="off"/>
#    </form>"

<%= button_to "Create", { action: "create" }, form: { "data-type" => "json" } %>
# => "<form method="post" action="/images/create" class="button_to" data-type="json">
#      <button type="submit">Create</button>
#      <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="10f2163b45388899ad4d5ae948988266befcb6c3d1b2451cf657a0c293d605a6"  autocomplete="off"/>
#    </form>"
Source code GitHub 
# File actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb, line 296
def button_to(name = nil, options = nil, html_options = nil, &block)
  html_options, options = options, name if block_given?
  html_options ||= {}
  html_options = html_options.stringify_keys

  url =
    case options
    when FalseClass then nil
    else url_for(options)
    end

  remote = html_options.delete("remote")
  params = html_options.delete("params")

  authenticity_token = html_options.delete("authenticity_token")

  method     = (html_options.delete("method").presence || method_for_options(options)).to_s
  method_tag = BUTTON_TAG_METHOD_VERBS.include?(method) ? method_tag(method) : "".html_safe

  form_method  = method == "get" ? "get" : "post"
  form_options = html_options.delete("form") || {}
  form_options[:class] ||= html_options.delete("form_class") || "button_to"
  form_options[:method] = form_method
  form_options[:action] = url
  form_options[:'data-remote'] = true if remote

  request_token_tag = if form_method == "post"
    request_method = method.empty? ? "post" : method
    token_tag(authenticity_token, form_options: { action: url, method: request_method })
  else
    ""
  end

  html_options = convert_options_to_data_attributes(options, html_options)
  html_options["type"] = "submit"

  button = if block_given?
    content_tag("button", html_options, &block)
  elsif button_to_generates_button_tag
    content_tag("button", name || url, html_options, &block)
  else
    html_options["value"] = name || url
    tag("input", html_options)
  end

  inner_tags = method_tag.safe_concat(button).safe_concat(request_token_tag)
  if params
    to_form_params(params).each do |param|
      inner_tags.safe_concat tag(:input, type: "hidden", name: param[:name], value: param[:value],
                                 autocomplete: "off")
    end
  end
  html = content_tag("form", inner_tags, form_options)
  prevent_content_exfiltration(html)
end

current_page?(options = nil, check_parameters: false, **options_as_kwargs)

True if the current request URI was generated by the given options.

Examples

Let’s say we’re in the http://www.example.com/shop/checkout?order=desc&page=1 action.

current_page?(action: 'process')
# => false

current_page?(action: 'checkout')
# => true

current_page?(controller: 'library', action: 'checkout')
# => false

current_page?(controller: 'shop', action: 'checkout')
# => true

current_page?(controller: 'shop', action: 'checkout', order: 'asc')
# => false

current_page?(controller: 'shop', action: 'checkout', order: 'desc', page: '1')
# => true

current_page?(controller: 'shop', action: 'checkout', order: 'desc', page: '2')
# => false

current_page?('http://www.example.com/shop/checkout')
# => true

current_page?('http://www.example.com/shop/checkout', check_parameters: true)
# => false

current_page?('/shop/checkout')
# => true

current_page?('http://www.example.com/shop/checkout?order=desc&page=1')
# => true

Let’s say we’re in the http://www.example.com/products action with method POST in case of invalid product.

current_page?(controller: 'product', action: 'index')
# => false

We can also pass in the symbol arguments instead of strings.

Source code GitHub 
# File actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb, line 548
def current_page?(options = nil, check_parameters: false, **options_as_kwargs)
  unless request
    raise "You cannot use helpers that need to determine the current " \
          "page unless your view context provides a Request object " \
          "in a #request method"
  end

  return false unless request.get? || request.head?

  options ||= options_as_kwargs
  check_parameters ||= options.is_a?(Hash) && options.delete(:check_parameters)
  url_string = URI::RFC2396_PARSER.unescape(url_for(options)).force_encoding(Encoding::BINARY)

  # We ignore any extra parameters in the request_uri if the
  # submitted URL doesn't have any either. This lets the function
  # work with things like ?order=asc
  # the behavior can be disabled with check_parameters: true
  request_uri = url_string.index("?") || check_parameters ? request.fullpath : request.path
  request_uri = URI::RFC2396_PARSER.unescape(request_uri).force_encoding(Encoding::BINARY)

  if %r{^\w+://}.match?(url_string)
    request_uri = +"#{request.protocol}#{request.host_with_port}#{request_uri}"
  end

  remove_trailing_slash!(url_string)
  remove_trailing_slash!(request_uri)

  url_string == request_uri
end

mail_to(email_address, name = nil, html_options = {}, &block)

Creates a mailto link tag to the specified email_address, which is also used as the name of the link unless name is specified. Additional HTML attributes for the link can be passed in html_options.

mail_to has several methods for customizing the email itself by passing special keys to html_options.

Options

  • :subject - Preset the subject line of the email.

  • :body - Preset the body of the email.

  • :cc - Carbon Copy additional recipients on the email.

  • :bcc - Blind Carbon Copy additional recipients on the email.

  • :reply_to - Preset the Reply-To field of the email.

Obfuscation

Prior to Rails 4.0, mail_to provided options for encoding the address in order to hinder email harvesters. To take advantage of these options, install the actionview-encoded_mail_to gem.

Examples

mail_to "me@domain.com"
# => <a href="mailto:me@domain.com">me@domain.com</a>

mail_to "me@domain.com", "My email"
# => <a href="mailto:me@domain.com">My email</a>

mail_to "me@domain.com", cc: "ccaddress@domain.com",
         subject: "This is an example email"
# => <a href="mailto:me@domain.com?cc=ccaddress@domain.com&subject=This%20is%20an%20example%20email">me@domain.com</a>

You can use a block as well if your link target is hard to fit into the name parameter. ERB example:

<%= mail_to "me@domain.com" do %>
  <strong>Email me:</strong> <span>me@domain.com</span>
<% end %>
# => <a href="mailto:me@domain.com">
       <strong>Email me:</strong> <span>me@domain.com</span>
     </a>
Source code GitHub 
# File actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb, line 487
def mail_to(email_address, name = nil, html_options = {}, &block)
  html_options, name = name, nil if name.is_a?(Hash)
  html_options = (html_options || {}).stringify_keys

  extras = %w{ cc bcc body subject reply_to }.map! { |item|
    option = html_options.delete(item).presence || next
    "#{item.dasherize}=#{ERB::Util.url_encode(option)}"
  }.compact
  extras = extras.empty? ? "" : "?" + extras.join("&")

  encoded_email_address = ERB::Util.url_encode(email_address).gsub("%40", "@")
  html_options["href"] = "mailto:#{encoded_email_address}#{extras}"

  content_tag("a", name || email_address, html_options, &block)
end

phone_to(phone_number, name = nil, html_options = {}, &block)

Creates a TEL anchor link tag to the specified phone_number. When the link is clicked, the default app to make phone calls is opened and prepopulated with the phone number.

If name is not specified, phone_number will be used as the name of the link.

A country_code option is supported, which prepends a plus sign and the given country code to the linked phone number. For example, country_code: "01" will prepend +01 to the linked phone number.

Additional HTML attributes for the link can be passed via html_options.

Options

  • :country_code - Prepends the country code to the phone number

Examples

phone_to "1234567890"
# => <a href="tel:1234567890">1234567890</a>

phone_to "1234567890", "Phone me"
# => <a href="tel:1234567890">Phone me</a>

phone_to "1234567890", country_code: "01"
# => <a href="tel:+011234567890">1234567890</a>

You can use a block as well if your link target is hard to fit into the name parameter. ERB example:

<%= phone_to "1234567890" do %>
  <strong>Phone me:</strong>
<% end %>
# => <a href="tel:1234567890">
       <strong>Phone me:</strong>
     </a>
Source code GitHub 
# File actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb, line 669
def phone_to(phone_number, name = nil, html_options = {}, &block)
  html_options, name = name, nil if name.is_a?(Hash)
  html_options = (html_options || {}).stringify_keys

  country_code = html_options.delete("country_code").presence
  country_code = country_code.nil? ? "" : "+#{ERB::Util.url_encode(country_code)}"

  encoded_phone_number = ERB::Util.url_encode(phone_number)
  html_options["href"] = "tel:#{country_code}#{encoded_phone_number}"

  content_tag("a", name || phone_number, html_options, &block)
end

sms_to(phone_number, name = nil, html_options = {}, &block)

Creates an SMS anchor link tag to the specified phone_number. When the link is clicked, the default SMS messaging app is opened ready to send a message to the linked phone number. If the body option is specified, the contents of the message will be preset to body.

If name is not specified, phone_number will be used as the name of the link.

A country_code option is supported, which prepends a plus sign and the given country code to the linked phone number. For example, country_code: "01" will prepend +01 to the linked phone number.

Additional HTML attributes for the link can be passed via html_options.

Options

  • :country_code - Prepend the country code to the phone number.

  • :body - Preset the body of the message.

Examples

sms_to "5155555785"
# => <a href="sms:5155555785;">5155555785</a>

sms_to "5155555785", country_code: "01"
# => <a href="sms:+015155555785;">5155555785</a>

sms_to "5155555785", "Text me"
# => <a href="sms:5155555785;">Text me</a>

sms_to "5155555785", body: "I have a question about your product."
# => <a href="sms:5155555785;?body=I%20have%20a%20question%20about%20your%20product">5155555785</a>

You can use a block as well if your link target is hard to fit into the name parameter. ERB example:

<%= sms_to "5155555785" do %>
  <strong>Text me:</strong>
<% end %>
# => <a href="sms:5155555785;">
       <strong>Text me:</strong>
     </a>
Source code GitHub 
# File actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb, line 618
def sms_to(phone_number, name = nil, html_options = {}, &block)
  html_options, name = name, nil if name.is_a?(Hash)
  html_options = (html_options || {}).stringify_keys

  country_code = html_options.delete("country_code").presence
  country_code = country_code ? "+#{ERB::Util.url_encode(country_code)}" : ""

  body = html_options.delete("body").presence
  body = body ? "?&body=#{ERB::Util.url_encode(body)}" : ""

  encoded_phone_number = ERB::Util.url_encode(phone_number)
  html_options["href"] = "sms:#{country_code}#{encoded_phone_number};#{body}"

  content_tag("a", name || phone_number, html_options, &block)
end

Namespace

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