Rails route: redirect to external url

Question

How can I redirect my home root to an external url? I have a backend website and I want to redirect index to another website (and on another domain).

I'm using Rails 4:

root to: redirect('http:XXXX')

works?

seems so -- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3622706/creating-a-rails-route-to-an-external-url ........oO — Arup Rakshit, Jun 10 '15 at 20:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '15 at 20:24

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The following line will redirect to an external URL.

root to: redirect("http://www.stackoverflow.com/")

answered Jun 10 '15 at 20:24

Arslan Ali

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '15 at 20:29

0

Your code should work make sure you enter the external URL properly.

answered Jun 10 '15 at 20:29

WhyEnBe

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