Using URL helpers from the console in Ruby on Rails 2.3.11

Question

I'm trying to use URL helpers in a 2.3.11 Ruby on Rails application, but I'm facing many problems with whatever the solution I try...

I've read a lot of "solutions" like including include ActionController::UrlWriter before trying to get a path, but I get the same error every time:

>> app.users_path
NameError: undefined method `new_suggestion_path' for class `ActionController::Integration::Session'

I can't find the problem with this. I have a "suggestions" controller and a "new" action on it... Is there any other way to fix this and get a URL from console and/or Rake?

What are you trying to achieve by using url helpers in the console. You can run `rake routes` from the root of your Rails app to see all available routes. — Eyeslandic, Aug 26 '14 at 16:13
If this is a serious application, I suggest trying to upgrade it. Rails 2 is very old. — Justin Wood, Aug 26 '14 at 16:17
I want to get all routes from the console to visit and parse every url with nokogiri @Iceman — zapico, Aug 27 '14 at 08:34

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '14 at 16:41

You need to have resource routes defined for the named routes you are trying to access.

To make suggestion paths available in Rails 2.3, add a resource route config/routes.rb:

ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
  map.resources :suggestions
end

That will define the following routes:

     suggestions GET    /suggestions(.:format)          {:controller=>"suggestions", :action=>"index"}
                 POST   /suggestions(.:format)          {:controller=>"suggestions", :action=>"create"}
  new_suggestion GET    /suggestions/new(.:format)      {:controller=>"suggestions", :action=>"new"}
 edit_suggestion GET    /suggestions/:id/edit(.:format) {:controller=>"suggestions", :action=>"edit"}
      suggestion GET    /suggestions/:id(.:format)      {:controller=>"suggestions", :action=>"show"}
                 PUT    /suggestions/:id(.:format)      {:controller=>"suggestions", :action=>"update"}
                 DELETE /suggestions/:id(.:format)      {:controller=>"suggestions", :action=>"destroy"}

Now you can use those routes in the console:

>> app.new_suggestion_path
=> "/suggestions/new"
>>

I already have this route: map.resources :suggestions,:only => [:new, :create] — zapico, Aug 27 '14 at 08:32

Using URL helpers from the console in Ruby on Rails 2.3.11

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