Ruby on Rails: url_for :back leads to NoMethodError for back_url
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Hi all,
I'm trying to use url_for(:back) to create a redirect leading back to a previous page upon a user's logging in.
I've had it working successfully for when the user just goes to the login page on his or her own. However, when the user is redirected to the login page due to accessing a page requiring that the user be authenticated, the redirect sends the user back to the page before the one s/he had tried to access with insufficient permissions.
I'm trying to modify my login controller action to deal with the redirect properly. My plan is to have a query string parameter "redirect" that is used when a forced redirect occurs. In the controller, if that parameter exists that URL is used; otherwise, url_for(:back) is used, or if that doesn't work (due to lack of HTTP_REFERER), then the user is redirected to the site's home page.
Here is the code snippet which is supposed to implement this logic:
if params[:redirect]
@url = params[:redirect]
else
@url = url_for :back
@url ||= url_for :controller => "home", :action => "index"
end
The error I get is:
NoMethodError in UsersController#login
undefined method `back_url' for #
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vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/polymorphic_routes.rb:112:in `__send__'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/polymorphic_routes.rb:112:in `polymorphic_url'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:628:in `url_for'
app/controllers/users_controller.rb:16:in `login'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:76:in `process'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in `synchronize'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in `process'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:159:in `process_client'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `each'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `process_client'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `initialize'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `new'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `initialize'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `new'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:282:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in `each'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:128:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:281
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/polymorphic_routes.rb:112:in `__send__'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/polymorphic_routes.rb:112:in `polymorphic_url'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:628:in `url_for'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1256:in `send'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1256:in `perform_action_without_filters'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:617:in `call_filters'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:610:in `perform_action_without_benchmark'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:136:in `perform_action_without_caching'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/sql_cache.rb:13:in `perform_action'
vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:34:in `cache'
vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:8:in `cache'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/sql_cache.rb:12:in `perform_action'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `send'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `process_without_filters'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:606:in `process_without_session_management_support'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:134:in `process'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:392:in `process'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:184:in `handle_request'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:112:in `dispatch_unlocked'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:125:in `dispatch'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:124:in `synchronize'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:124:in `dispatch'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:134:in `dispatch_cgi'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:41:in `dispatch'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:142:in `load_without_new_constant_marking'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:142:in `load'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:142:in `load'
vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/servers/mongrel.rb:64
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:153:in `require'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:153:in `require'
vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/server.rb:49
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
script/server:3
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/polymorphic_routes.rb:112:in `__send__'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/polymorphic_routes.rb:112:in `polymorphic_url'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:628:in `url_for'
app/controllers/users_controller.rb:16:in `login'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1256:in `send'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1256:in `perform_action_without_filters'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:617:in `call_filters'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:610:in `perform_action_without_benchmark'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:136:in `perform_action_without_caching'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/sql_cache.rb:13:in `perform_action'
vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:34:in `cache'
vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:8:in `cache'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/sql_cache.rb:12:in `perform_action'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `send'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `process_without_filters'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:606:in `process_without_session_management_support'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:134:in `process'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:392:in `process'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:184:in `handle_request'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:112:in `dispatch_unlocked'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:125:in `dispatch'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:124:in `synchronize'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:124:in `dispatch'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:134:in `dispatch_cgi'
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:41:in `dispatch'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:76:in `process'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in `synchronize'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in `process'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:159:in `process_client'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `each'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `process_client'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `initialize'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `new'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `initialize'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `new'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:282:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in `each'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:128:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:281
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:142:in `load_without_new_constant_marking'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:142:in `load'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:142:in `load'
vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/servers/mongrel.rb:64
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:153:in `require'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in'
vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:153:in `require'
vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/server.rb:49
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
script/server:3
Request
Parameters:
None
Show session dump
---
:user:
:csrf_id: 2927cca61bbbe97218362b5bcdb74c0f
flash: !map:ActionController::Flash::FlashHash {}
Response
Headers:
{"Content-Type"=>"",
"cookie"=>[],
"Cache-Control"=>"no-cache"}
Bear in mind that I had it working earlier-- url_for(:back) knew how to operate properly before I added this logic.
Thanks in advance for any ideas!
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