Class: ActionController::Metal

Inherits:
AbstractController::Base show all
Includes:
Testing::Functional
Defined in:
lib/action_controller/metal.rb,
lib/action_controller/test_case.rb

Overview

ActionController::Metal is the simplest possible controller, providing a valid Rack interface without the additional niceties provided by ActionController::Base.

A sample metal controller might look like this:

class HelloController < ActionController::Metal
  def index
    self.response_body = "Hello World!"
  end
end

And then to route requests to your metal controller, you would add something like this to config/routes.rb:

get 'hello', to: HelloController.action(:index)

The action method returns a valid Rack application for the Rails router to dispatch to.

Rendering Helpers

ActionController::Metal by default provides no utilities for rendering views, partials, or other responses aside from explicitly calling of response_body=, content_type=, and status=. To add the render helpers you're used to having in a normal controller, you can do the following:

class HelloController < ActionController::Metal
  include AbstractController::Rendering
  include ActionView::Layouts
  append_view_path "#{Rails.root}/app/views"

  def index
    render "hello/index"
  end
end

Redirection Helpers

To add redirection helpers to your metal controller, do the following:

class HelloController < ActionController::Metal
  include ActionController::Redirecting
  include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers

  def index
    redirect_to root_url
  end
end

Other Helpers

You can refer to the modules included in ActionController::Base to see other features you can bring into your metal controller.

Direct Known Subclasses

API, Base

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from Testing::Functional

#recycle!

Methods inherited from AbstractController::Base

abstract!, action_methods, #action_methods, #action_name, #available_action?, clear_action_methods!, controller_path, #controller_path, #formats, internal_methods, method_added, #process, #response_body, supports_path?

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Metal

Returns a new instance of Metal.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 153

def initialize
  @_request = nil
  @_response = nil
  @_routes = nil
  super
end

Class Method Details

.action(name) ⇒ Object

Returns a Rack endpoint for the given action name.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 232

def self.action(name)
  app = lambda { |env|
    req = ActionDispatch::Request.new(env)
    res = make_response! req
    new.dispatch(name, req, res)
  }

  if middleware_stack.any?
    middleware_stack.build(name, app)
  else
    app
  end
end

.binary_params_for?(action) ⇒ Boolean

:nodoc:

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 139

def self.binary_params_for?(action) # :nodoc:
  false
end

.controller_name ⇒ Object

Returns the last part of the controller's name, underscored, without the ending Controller. For instance, PostsController returns posts. Namespaces are left out, so Admin::PostsController returns posts as well.

Returns

  • string



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 129

def self.controller_name
  @controller_name ||= name.demodulize.sub(/Controller$/, "").underscore
end

.dispatch(name, req, res) ⇒ Object

Direct dispatch to the controller. Instantiates the controller, then executes the action named name.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 248

def self.dispatch(name, req, res)
  if middleware_stack.any?
    middleware_stack.build(name) { |env| new.dispatch(name, req, res) }.call req.env
  else
    new.dispatch(name, req, res)
  end
end

.inherited(base) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 215

def self.inherited(base) # :nodoc:
  base.middleware_stack = middleware_stack.dup
  super
end

.make_response!(request) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 133

def self.make_response!(request)
  ActionDispatch::Response.new.tap do |res|
    res.request = request
  end
end

.middleware ⇒ Object

Alias for middleware_stack.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 227

def self.middleware
  middleware_stack
end

.use(*args, &block) ⇒ Object

Pushes the given Rack middleware and its arguments to the bottom of the middleware stack.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 222

def self.use(*args, &block)
  middleware_stack.use(*args, &block)
end

Instance Method Details

#controller_name ⇒ Object

Delegates to the class' controller_name.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 144

def controller_name
  self.class.controller_name
end

#dispatch(name, request, response) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 188

def dispatch(name, request, response) #:nodoc:
  set_request!(request)
  set_response!(response)
  process(name)
  request.commit_flash
  to_a
end

#params ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 160

def params
  @_params ||= request.parameters
end

#params=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 164

def params=(val)
  @_params = val
end

#performed? ⇒ Boolean

Tests if render or redirect has already happened.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 184

def performed?
  response_body || response.committed?
end

#reset_session ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 209

def reset_session
  @_request.reset_session
end

#response_body=(body) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 175

def response_body=(body)
  body = [body] unless body.nil? || body.respond_to?(:each)
  response.reset_body!
  return unless body
  response.body = body
  super
end

#set_request!(request) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 200

def set_request!(request) #:nodoc:
  @_request = request
  @_request.controller_instance = self
end

#set_response!(response) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 196

def set_response!(response) # :nodoc:
  @_response = response
end

#to_a ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 205

def to_a #:nodoc:
  response.to_a
end

#url_for(string) ⇒ Object

Basic url_for that can be overridden for more robust functionality.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 171

def url_for(string)
  string
end