How to set config.action_controller.default_url_options = {:host = '#''} on per environment basis

Question

Right now I'm using this which works for the development host, but I have to manually change the {:host => ""} code when I move to production.

post.rb

def share_all
  url =  Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.post_url(self, :host => 'localhost:3000')
  if user.authentications.where(:provider => 'twitter').any?
    user.twitter_share(url)  
  end
end

I'd like to use this and then define the default_url_options per environment:

post.rb

def share_all
  url =  Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.post_url(self)
  if user.authentications.where(:provider => 'twitter').any?
    user.twitter_share(url)  
  end
end

I've tried adding this to my config/environments/development.rb but I still get the "Missing host to link to! Please provide :host parameter or set default_url_options[:host]" error

development.rb

config.action_controller.default_url_options = {:host => "localhost:3000"}

And I even tried it this way:

development.rb

config.action_controller.default_url_options = {:host => "localhost", :port => "3000"}

EDIT:

I've now also followed this and still the same error guide http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/action_controller_overview.html#default_url_options

application controller

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  protect_from_forgery
  include ApplicationHelper
  def default_url_options
    if Rails.env.production?
      { :host => "example.com"}
    else
      {:host => "example1.com"}
    end
  end
end

This is driving me crazy, what am I missing here???

Solution 1

Okay I figured it out the correct way to write it is

Rails.application.routes.default_url_options[:host] = 'localhost:3000'

:)

Solution 2

Inherit your Application's default_url_options from ActionMailer.

You want to keep things as DRY as possible so, ideally, you don't want to hard code your host and port in multiple places for the same environment, unless your ActionMailer actually uses a different host and port than the rest of your Application.

To set the default_url_options for your entire Application, simply add the following line to your config/environment.rb file (changing MyApp to your app's name):

# Set the default host and port to be the same as Action Mailer.
MyApp::Application.default_url_options = MyApp::Application.config.action_mailer.default_url_options

This will fix your problem and automatically set your Application's default_url_options to the same as your config.action_mailer.default_url_options:

$ MyApp::Application.config.action_mailer.default_url_options
#=> {:host=>"lvh.me", :port=>"3000"}

$ MyApp::Application.default_url_options
#=> {:host=>"lvh.me", :port=>"3000"}

Solution 3

You have to restart your server before the changes to this file takes effect.

Solution 4

config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => "your host" }

for instance your host localhost:3000

you can put this in test.rb, development.rb, production.rb files host could be different from environment to environment

Solution 5

config/environments/development.rb (any other environment, same)

add this row with host that you want

routes.default_url_options[:host] = 'localhost:3000'

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Comments

[trying_hal9000]

I've totally restarted my server like 10 times trying this :) but no worky

[Dmitry Polushkin]

If you have dynamic host's then it's not thread safe. I found only one way, is to set Thread.current in ApplicationController through before_filter, and use this host in Model.

[sites]

is there a way to set it from config.routes or something like that?

[lime]

@juanpastas: I just added it to the top of routes.rb: Example::Application.routes.default_url_options[:host] = 'example.com'

[engineerDave]

FWIW I think is probably best addressed by using the _path helpers versus the url helpers... i.e. relative path versuse absolute url. :) This is usually a problem with rspec.

[user3438601]

Switching to _path helpers only helps so far. For instance, if you use redirect_to, it calls url_for under the hood so you need to pass :only_path => true each time you call it.

[Jwan622]

Where do you do this for rails engine?

[Gabor Garami]

Also, using _path helpers is not working scenario if you have an ActiveJob what wants to use url helpers

[lulalala]

In 5.1.4 this does not work in web page rendering, but only work in rails console. See stackoverflow.com/a/48781000/474597 for more details.

[new2cpp]

Rails.application.routes.default_url_options = { host: 'localhost:3000', protocol: 'https' } if you want to change to https too

[David Gay]

If you do this, you might want to add a comment above your Action Mailer default_url_options stating that the Application default_url_options inherit them. Wouldn't want someone changing the Action Mailer default_url_options not realizing it will change them for the entire application.

[Joshua Pinter]

@DavidGay Agree. Ideally, I would rather set the default_url_options explicitly and then specify that action_mailer.default_url_options inherit from those. For some reason, I didn't do it like that 2.5 years ago.