The asset "application.js" is not present in the asset pipeline in Rails 6

Question

I am creating a RoR-6 app and I get the following error thrown from application.html.erb file from this line:

javascript_include_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload'

I get the following error:

ActionView::Template::Error: The asset "application.js" is not present in the asset pipeline.

The app was created by running rails new myapp -d postgres

I am using rails 6.0.0.rc1

kyleboe · Answer 1 · 2019-05-17T19:06:40.123

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You'll want to use javascript_pack_tag instead of javascript_include_tag:

javascript_pack_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload'

This is required because webpacker handles javascript compilation in Rails 6.

edited May 17 '19 at 19:06

answered Apr 30 '19 at 21:55

kyleboe

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Thanks. This solved the problem. I appreciate your quick response. – Steveo00 May 01 '19 at 00:50
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Worth noting that it's incorrect to say webpacker handles asset compilation in Rails 6.0.0 - webpacker handles _javascript_ compilation only by default. Rails Asset Pipeline and Sprockets is still used for CSS, images and other asset types. – jmcd May 05 '19 at 17:28
Having the same problem in production and using the javascript_pack_tag, any idea why? – mrcaramori Jul 19 '20 at 19:07

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '20 at 09:42

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If you do not want to use Webpack, add the following to config/initializers/assets.rb:

Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w(application.js)

answered Dec 20 '20 at 09:42

Artur INTECH

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 24 '22 at 13:42

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Running yarn build solved the issue for me (which in the first place was caused by running rails assets:clobber)

answered Aug 24 '22 at 13:42

Fed

damn, I found my own solution to help me 3 months down the line. can confirm again that this works. – Fed Nov 16 '22 at 16:38

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 01 '21 at 17:52

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Place this line in the application.html.erb:

<%= javascript_pack_tag 'application' %>

This worked on my end.

edited Dec 01 '21 at 17:52

ouflak

answered Nov 30 '21 at 18:05

Mbeche Esikanda

4 Answers4