My helper methods in controller
- by FancyDancy
My app should render html, to answer when a user clicks ajax-link.
My controller:
def create_user
@user = User.new(params)
if @user.save
status = 'success'
link = link_to_profile(@user) #it's my custom helper in Application_Helper.rb
else
status = 'error'
link = nil
end
render :json => {:status => status, :link => link}
end
My helper:
def link_to_profile(user)
link = link_to(user.login, {:controller => "users", :action => "profile", :id => user.login}, :class => "profile-link")
return(image_tag("/images/users/profile.png") + " " + link)
end
I have tried such methods:
ApplicationController.helpers.link_to_profile(@user)
# It raises: NoMethodError (undefined method `url_for' for nil:NilClass)
and:
class Helper
include Singleton
include ApplicationHelper
include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
include ActionView::Helpers::UrlHelper
include ApplicationHelper
end
def help
Helper.instance
end
help.link_to_profile(@user)
# It also raises: NoMethodError (undefined method `url_for' for nil:NilClass)
In addition, yes, I KNOW about :helper_method, and it works, but i don't want to overload my ApplicationController with a plenty of that methods
