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- </h5><p>Calls to the <code>render</code> method generally accept four options:</p>
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- <ul>
428
- <li><code>:content_type</code></li>
429
- <li><code>:layout</code></li>
430
- <li><code>:location</code></li>
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- <li><code>:status</code></li>
432
- </ul>
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- <h6 id="the-:content_type-option">2.2.13.1 The <code>:content_type</code> Option</h6><p>By default, Rails will serve the results of a rendering operation with the MIME content-type of <code>text/html</code> (or <code>application/json</code> if you use the <code>:json</code> option, or <code>application/xml</code> for the <code>:xml</code> option.). There are times when you might like to change this, and you can do so by setting the <code>:content_type</code> option:</p><div class="code_container">
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- render file: filename, content_type: "application/rss"
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- </div>
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- <h6 id="the-:layout-option">2.2.13.2 The <code>:layout</code> Option</h6><p>With most of the options to <code>render</code>, the rendered content is displayed as part of the current layout. You'll learn more about layouts and how to use them later in this guide.</p><p>You can use the <code>:layout</code> option to tell Rails to use a specific file as the layout for the current action:</p><div class="code_container">
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- render layout: "special_layout"
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- <p>You can also tell Rails to render with no layout at all:</p><div class="code_container">
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- </pre>
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- <h6 id="the-:location-option">2.2.13.3 The <code>:location</code> Option</h6><p>You can use the <code>:location</code> option to set the HTTP <code>Location</code> header:</p><div class="code_container">
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- render xml: photo, location: photo_url(photo)
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- <h6 id="the-:status-option">2.2.13.4 The <code>:status</code> Option</h6><p>Rails will automatically generate a response with the correct HTTP status code (in most cases, this is <code>200 OK</code>). You can use the <code>:status</code> option to change this:</p><div class="code_container">
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- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <p>Rails understands both numeric status codes and the corresponding symbols shown below.</p>
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- <table>
466
- <thead>
467
- <tr>
468
- <th>Response Class</th>
469
- <th>HTTP Status Code</th>
470
- <th>Symbol</th>
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- </tr>
472
- </thead>
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- <tbody>
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- <tr>
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- <td><strong>Informational</strong></td>
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- <td>100</td>
477
- <td>:continue</td>
478
- </tr>
479
- <tr>
480
- <td></td>
481
- <td>101</td>
482
- <td>:switching_protocols</td>
483
- </tr>
484
- <tr>
485
- <td></td>
486
- <td>102</td>
487
- <td>:processing</td>
488
- </tr>
489
- <tr>
490
- <td><strong>Success</strong></td>
491
- <td>200</td>
492
- <td>:ok</td>
493
- </tr>
494
- <tr>
495
- <td></td>
496
- <td>201</td>
497
- <td>:created</td>
498
- </tr>
499
- <tr>
500
- <td></td>
501
- <td>202</td>
502
- <td>:accepted</td>
503
- </tr>
504
- <tr>
505
- <td></td>
506
- <td>203</td>
507
- <td>:non_authoritative_information</td>
508
- </tr>
509
- <tr>
510
- <td></td>
511
- <td>204</td>
512
- <td>:no_content</td>
513
- </tr>
514
- <tr>
515
- <td></td>
516
- <td>205</td>
517
- <td>:reset_content</td>
518
- </tr>
519
- <tr>
520
- <td></td>
521
- <td>206</td>
522
- <td>:partial_content</td>
523
- </tr>
524
- <tr>
525
- <td></td>
526
- <td>207</td>
527
- <td>:multi_status</td>
528
- </tr>
529
- <tr>
530
- <td></td>
531
- <td>208</td>
532
- <td>:already_reported</td>
533
- </tr>
534
- <tr>
535
- <td></td>
536
- <td>226</td>
537
- <td>:im_used</td>
538
- </tr>
539
- <tr>
540
- <td><strong>Redirection</strong></td>
541
- <td>300</td>
542
- <td>:multiple_choices</td>
543
- </tr>
544
- <tr>
545
- <td></td>
546
- <td>301</td>
547
- <td>:moved_permanently</td>
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- </tr>
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- <tr>
550
- <td></td>
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- <td>302</td>
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- <td>:found</td>
553
- </tr>
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- <tr>
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- <td></td>
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- <td>303</td>
557
- <td>:see_other</td>
558
- </tr>
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- <tr>
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- <td></td>
561
- <td>304</td>
562
- <td>:not_modified</td>
563
- </tr>
564
- <tr>
565
- <td></td>
566
- <td>305</td>
567
- <td>:use_proxy</td>
568
- </tr>
569
- <tr>
570
- <td></td>
571
- <td>306</td>
572
- <td>:reserved</td>
573
- </tr>
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- <tr>
575
- <td></td>
576
- <td>307</td>
577
- <td>:temporary_redirect</td>
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- </tr>
579
- <tr>
580
- <td></td>
581
- <td>308</td>
582
- <td>:permanent_redirect</td>
583
- </tr>
584
- <tr>
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- <td><strong>Client Error</strong></td>
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- <td>400</td>
587
- <td>:bad_request</td>
588
- </tr>
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- <tr>
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- <td></td>
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- <td>401</td>
592
- <td>:unauthorized</td>
593
- </tr>
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- <tr>
595
- <td></td>
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- <td>402</td>
597
- <td>:payment_required</td>
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- </tr>
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- <tr>
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- <td></td>
601
- <td>403</td>
602
- <td>:forbidden</td>
603
- </tr>
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- <tr>
605
- <td></td>
606
- <td>404</td>
607
- <td>:not_found</td>
608
- </tr>
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- <tr>
610
- <td></td>
611
- <td>405</td>
612
- <td>:method_not_allowed</td>
613
- </tr>
614
- <tr>
615
- <td></td>
616
- <td>406</td>
617
- <td>:not_acceptable</td>
618
- </tr>
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- <tr>
620
- <td></td>
621
- <td>407</td>
622
- <td>:proxy_authentication_required</td>
623
- </tr>
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- <tr>
625
- <td></td>
626
- <td>408</td>
627
- <td>:request_timeout</td>
628
- </tr>
629
- <tr>
630
- <td></td>
631
- <td>409</td>
632
- <td>:conflict</td>
633
- </tr>
634
- <tr>
635
- <td></td>
636
- <td>410</td>
637
- <td>:gone</td>
638
- </tr>
639
- <tr>
640
- <td></td>
641
- <td>411</td>
642
- <td>:length_required</td>
643
- </tr>
644
- <tr>
645
- <td></td>
646
- <td>412</td>
647
- <td>:precondition_failed</td>
648
- </tr>
649
- <tr>
650
- <td></td>
651
- <td>413</td>
652
- <td>:request_entity_too_large</td>
653
- </tr>
654
- <tr>
655
- <td></td>
656
- <td>414</td>
657
- <td>:request_uri_too_long</td>
658
- </tr>
659
- <tr>
660
- <td></td>
661
- <td>415</td>
662
- <td>:unsupported_media_type</td>
663
- </tr>
664
- <tr>
665
- <td></td>
666
- <td>416</td>
667
- <td>:requested_range_not_satisfiable</td>
668
- </tr>
669
- <tr>
670
- <td></td>
671
- <td>417</td>
672
- <td>:expectation_failed</td>
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- </tr>
674
- <tr>
675
- <td></td>
676
- <td>422</td>
677
- <td>:unprocessable_entity</td>
678
- </tr>
679
- <tr>
680
- <td></td>
681
- <td>423</td>
682
- <td>:locked</td>
683
- </tr>
684
- <tr>
685
- <td></td>
686
- <td>424</td>
687
- <td>:failed_dependency</td>
688
- </tr>
689
- <tr>
690
- <td></td>
691
- <td>426</td>
692
- <td>:upgrade_required</td>
693
- </tr>
694
- <tr>
695
- <td></td>
696
- <td>428</td>
697
- <td>:precondition_required</td>
698
- </tr>
699
- <tr>
700
- <td></td>
701
- <td>429</td>
702
- <td>:too_many_requests</td>
703
- </tr>
704
- <tr>
705
- <td></td>
706
- <td>431</td>
707
- <td>:request_header_fields_too_large</td>
708
- </tr>
709
- <tr>
710
- <td><strong>Server Error</strong></td>
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- <td>500</td>
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- <td>:internal_server_error</td>
713
- </tr>
714
- <tr>
715
- <td></td>
716
- <td>501</td>
717
- <td>:not_implemented</td>
718
- </tr>
719
- <tr>
720
- <td></td>
721
- <td>502</td>
722
- <td>:bad_gateway</td>
723
- </tr>
724
- <tr>
725
- <td></td>
726
- <td>503</td>
727
- <td>:service_unavailable</td>
728
- </tr>
729
- <tr>
730
- <td></td>
731
- <td>504</td>
732
- <td>:gateway_timeout</td>
733
- </tr>
734
- <tr>
735
- <td></td>
736
- <td>505</td>
737
- <td>:http_version_not_supported</td>
738
- </tr>
739
- <tr>
740
- <td></td>
741
- <td>506</td>
742
- <td>:variant_also_negotiates</td>
743
- </tr>
744
- <tr>
745
- <td></td>
746
- <td>507</td>
747
- <td>:insufficient_storage</td>
748
- </tr>
749
- <tr>
750
- <td></td>
751
- <td>508</td>
752
- <td>:loop_detected</td>
753
- </tr>
754
- <tr>
755
- <td></td>
756
- <td>510</td>
757
- <td>:not_extended</td>
758
- </tr>
759
- <tr>
760
- <td></td>
761
- <td>511</td>
762
- <td>:network_authentication_required</td>
763
- </tr>
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- </tbody>
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- </table>
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- <h5 id="finding-layouts">2.2.14 Finding Layouts</h5><p>To find the current layout, Rails first looks for a file in <code>app/views/layouts</code> with the same base name as the controller. For example, rendering actions from the <code>PhotosController</code> class will use <code>app/views/layouts/photos.html.erb</code> (or <code>app/views/layouts/photos.builder</code>). If there is no such controller-specific layout, Rails will use <code>app/views/layouts/application.html.erb</code> or <code>app/views/layouts/application.builder</code>. If there is no <code>.erb</code> layout, Rails will use a <code>.builder</code> layout if one exists. Rails also provides several ways to more precisely assign specific layouts to individual controllers and actions.</p><h6 id="specifying-layouts-for-controllers">2.2.14.1 Specifying Layouts for Controllers</h6><p>You can override the default layout conventions in your controllers by using the <code>layout</code> declaration. For example:</p><div class="code_container">
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- end
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-
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- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <p>With this declaration, all of the views rendered by the <code>ProductsController</code> will use <code>app/views/layouts/inventory.html.erb</code> as their layout.</p><p>To assign a specific layout for the entire application, use a <code>layout</code> declaration in your <code>ApplicationController</code> class:</p><div class="code_container">
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- end
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-
782
- </pre>
783
- </div>
784
- <p>With this declaration, all of the views in the entire application will use <code>app/views/layouts/main.html.erb</code> for their layout.</p><h6 id="choosing-layouts-at-runtime">2.2.14.2 Choosing Layouts at Runtime</h6><p>You can use a symbol to defer the choice of layout until a request is processed:</p><div class="code_container">
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-
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- def show
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- @product = Product.find(params[:id])
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- end
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-
793
- private
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- def products_layout
795
- @current_user.special? ? "special" : "products"
796
- end
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-
798
- end
799
-
800
- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <p>Now, if the current user is a special user, they'll get a special layout when viewing a product.</p><p>You can even use an inline method, such as a Proc, to determine the layout. For example, if you pass a Proc object, the block you give the Proc will be given the <code>controller</code> instance, so the layout can be determined based on the current request:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- end
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-
808
- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <h6 id="conditional-layouts">2.2.14.3 Conditional Layouts</h6><p>Layouts specified at the controller level support the <code>:only</code> and <code>:except</code> options. These options take either a method name, or an array of method names, corresponding to method names within the controller:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- end
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-
816
- </pre>
817
- </div>
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- <p>With this declaration, the <code>product</code> layout would be used for everything but the <code>rss</code> and <code>index</code> methods.</p><h6 id="layout-inheritance">2.2.14.4 Layout Inheritance</h6><p>Layout declarations cascade downward in the hierarchy, and more specific layout declarations always override more general ones. For example:</p>
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- <ul>
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- <li>
821
- <p><code>application_controller.rb</code></p>
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- <div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- class ApplicationController &lt; ActionController::Base
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- layout "main"
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- end
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- </pre>
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- </div>
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- </li>
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- <li>
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- <p><code>articles_controller.rb</code></p>
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- class ArticlesController &lt; ApplicationController
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- </pre>
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- </div>
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- </li>
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- <li>
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- <p><code>special_articles_controller.rb</code></p>
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- <div class="code_container">
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- layout "special"
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- end
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-
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- </pre>
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- </div>
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- </li>
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- <li>
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- <p><code>old_articles_controller.rb</code></p>
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- <div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- class OldArticlesController &lt; SpecialArticlesController
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- layout false
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-
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- def show
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- @article = Article.find(params[:id])
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- end
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-
863
- def index
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- @old_articles = Article.older
865
- render layout: "old"
866
- end
867
- # ...
868
- end
869
-
870
- </pre>
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- </div>
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- </li>
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- </ul>
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- <p>In this application:</p>
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- <ul>
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- <li>In general, views will be rendered in the <code>main</code> layout</li>
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- <li>
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- <code>ArticlesController#index</code> will use the <code>main</code> layout</li>
879
- <li>
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- <code>SpecialArticlesController#index</code> will use the <code>special</code> layout</li>
881
- <li>
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- <code>OldArticlesController#show</code> will use no layout at all</li>
883
- <li>
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- <code>OldArticlesController#index</code> will use the <code>old</code> layout</li>
885
- </ul>
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- <h5 id="avoiding-double-render-errors">2.2.15 Avoiding Double Render Errors</h5><p>Sooner or later, most Rails developers will see the error message "Can only render or redirect once per action". While this is annoying, it's relatively easy to fix. Usually it happens because of a fundamental misunderstanding of the way that <code>render</code> works.</p><p>For example, here's some code that will trigger this error:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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890
- if @book.special?
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- render action: "special_show"
892
- end
893
- render action: "regular_show"
894
- end
895
-
896
- </pre>
897
- </div>
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- <p>If <code>@book.special?</code> evaluates to <code>true</code>, Rails will start the rendering process to dump the <code>@book</code> variable into the <code>special_show</code> view. But this will <em>not</em> stop the rest of the code in the <code>show</code> action from running, and when Rails hits the end of the action, it will start to render the <code>regular_show</code> view - and throw an error. The solution is simple: make sure that you have only one call to <code>render</code> or <code>redirect</code> in a single code path. One thing that can help is <code>and return</code>. Here's a patched version of the method:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- def show
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- @book = Book.find(params[:id])
902
- if @book.special?
903
- render action: "special_show" and return
904
- end
905
- render action: "regular_show"
906
- end
907
-
908
- </pre>
909
- </div>
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- <p>Make sure to use <code>and return</code> instead of <code>&amp;&amp; return</code> because <code>&amp;&amp; return</code> will not work due to the operator precedence in the Ruby Language.</p><p>Note that the implicit render done by ActionController detects if <code>render</code> has been called, so the following will work without errors:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- def show
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- @book = Book.find(params[:id])
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- if @book.special?
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- render action: "special_show"
916
- end
917
- end
918
-
919
- </pre>
920
- </div>
921
- <p>This will render a book with <code>special?</code> set with the <code>special_show</code> template, while other books will render with the default <code>show</code> template.</p><h4 id="using-redirect_to">2.3 Using <code>redirect_to</code>
922
- </h4><p>Another way to handle returning responses to an HTTP request is with <code>redirect_to</code>. As you've seen, <code>render</code> tells Rails which view (or other asset) to use in constructing a response. The <code>redirect_to</code> method does something completely different: it tells the browser to send a new request for a different URL. For example, you could redirect from wherever you are in your code to the index of photos in your application with this call:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- redirect_to photos_url
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-
926
- </pre>
927
- </div>
928
- <p>You can use <code>redirect_to</code> with any arguments that you could use with <code>link_to</code> or <code>url_for</code>. There's also a special redirect that sends the user back to the page they just came from:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- redirect_to :back
931
-
932
- </pre>
933
- </div>
934
- <h5 id="getting-a-different-redirect-status-code">2.3.1 Getting a Different Redirect Status Code</h5><p>Rails uses HTTP status code 302, a temporary redirect, when you call <code>redirect_to</code>. If you'd like to use a different status code, perhaps 301, a permanent redirect, you can use the <code>:status</code> option:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
936
- redirect_to photos_path, status: 301
937
-
938
- </pre>
939
- </div>
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- <p>Just like the <code>:status</code> option for <code>render</code>, <code>:status</code> for <code>redirect_to</code> accepts both numeric and symbolic header designations.</p><h5 id="the-difference-between-render-and-redirect_to">2.3.2 The Difference Between <code>render</code> and <code>redirect_to</code>
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- </h5><p>Sometimes inexperienced developers think of <code>redirect_to</code> as a sort of <code>goto</code> command, moving execution from one place to another in your Rails code. This is <em>not</em> correct. Your code stops running and waits for a new request for the browser. It just happens that you've told the browser what request it should make next, by sending back an HTTP 302 status code.</p><p>Consider these actions to see the difference:</p><div class="code_container">
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-
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- @book = Book.find_by(id: params[:id])
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-
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- </pre>
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- <p>With the code in this form, there will likely be a problem if the <code>@book</code> variable is <code>nil</code>. Remember, a <code>render :action</code> doesn't run any code in the target action, so nothing will set up the <code>@books</code> variable that the <code>index</code> view will probably require. One way to fix this is to redirect instead of rendering:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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-
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- @book = Book.find_by(id: params[:id])
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- if @book.nil?
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- redirect_to action: :index
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- end
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-
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- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <p>With this code, the browser will make a fresh request for the index page, the code in the <code>index</code> method will run, and all will be well.</p><p>The only downside to this code is that it requires a round trip to the browser: the browser requested the show action with <code>/books/1</code> and the controller finds that there are no books, so the controller sends out a 302 redirect response to the browser telling it to go to <code>/books/</code>, the browser complies and sends a new request back to the controller asking now for the <code>index</code> action, the controller then gets all the books in the database and renders the index template, sending it back down to the browser which then shows it on your screen.</p><p>While in a small application, this added latency might not be a problem, it is something to think about if response time is a concern. We can demonstrate one way to handle this with a contrived example:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- def index
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-
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- def show
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- @book = Book.find_by(id: params[:id])
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- @books = Book.all
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- flash.now[:alert] = "Your book was not found"
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- render "index"
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- end
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- end
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-
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- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <p>This would detect that there are no books with the specified ID, populate the <code>@books</code> instance variable with all the books in the model, and then directly render the <code>index.html.erb</code> template, returning it to the browser with a flash alert message to tell the user what happened.</p><h4 id="using-head-to-build-header-only-responses">2.4 Using <code>head</code> To Build Header-Only Responses</h4><p>The <code>head</code> method can be used to send responses with only headers to the browser. It provides a more obvious alternative to calling <code>render :nothing</code>. The <code>head</code> method accepts a number or symbol (see <a href="#the-status-option">reference table</a>) representing a HTTP status code. The options argument is interpreted as a hash of header names and values. For example, you can return only an error header:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- head :bad_request
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-
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- </div>
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- <p>This would produce the following header:</p><div class="code_container">
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- Connection: close
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- X-Runtime: 0.013483
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- Set-Cookie: _blog_session=...snip...; path=/; HttpOnly
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- Cache-Control: no-cache
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-
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- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <p>Or you can use other HTTP headers to convey other information:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- head :created, location: photo_path(@photo)
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-
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- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <p>Which would produce:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: plain; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- HTTP/1.1 201 Created
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- Connection: close
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:16:44 GMT
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- Transfer-Encoding: chunked
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- Location: /photos/1
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- Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
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- X-Runtime: 0.083496
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- Set-Cookie: _blog_session=...snip...; path=/; HttpOnly
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- Cache-Control: no-cache
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-
1025
- </pre>
1026
- </div>
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- <h3 id="structuring-layouts">3 Structuring Layouts</h3><p>When Rails renders a view as a response, it does so by combining the view with the current layout, using the rules for finding the current layout that were covered earlier in this guide. Within a layout, you have access to three tools for combining different bits of output to form the overall response:</p>
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- <ul>
1029
- <li>Asset tags</li>
1030
- <li>
1031
- <code>yield</code> and <code>content_for</code>
1032
- </li>
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- <li>Partials</li>
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- </ul>
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- <h4 id="asset-tag-helpers">3.1 Asset Tag Helpers</h4><p>Asset tag helpers provide methods for generating HTML that link views to feeds, JavaScript, stylesheets, images, videos and audios. There are six asset tag helpers available in Rails:</p>
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- <ul>
1037
- <li><code>auto_discovery_link_tag</code></li>
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- <li><code>javascript_include_tag</code></li>
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- <li><code>stylesheet_link_tag</code></li>
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- <li><code>image_tag</code></li>
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- <li><code>video_tag</code></li>
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- <li><code>audio_tag</code></li>
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- </ul>
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- <p>You can use these tags in layouts or other views, although the <code>auto_discovery_link_tag</code>, <code>javascript_include_tag</code>, and <code>stylesheet_link_tag</code>, are most commonly used in the <code>&lt;head&gt;</code> section of a layout.</p><div class="warning"><p>The asset tag helpers do <em>not</em> verify the existence of the assets at the specified locations; they simply assume that you know what you're doing and generate the link.</p></div><h5 id="linking-to-feeds-with-the-auto_discovery_link_tag">3.1.1 Linking to Feeds with the <code>auto_discovery_link_tag</code>
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- </h5><p>The <code>auto_discovery_link_tag</code> helper builds HTML that most browsers and feed readers can use to detect the presence of RSS or Atom feeds. It takes the type of the link (<code>:rss</code> or <code>:atom</code>), a hash of options that are passed through to url_for, and a hash of options for the tag:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- &lt;%= auto_discovery_link_tag(:rss, {action: "feed"},
1048
- {title: "RSS Feed"}) %&gt;
1049
-
1050
- </pre>
1051
- </div>
1052
- <p>There are three tag options available for the <code>auto_discovery_link_tag</code>:</p>
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- <ul>
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- <li>
1055
- <code>:rel</code> specifies the <code>rel</code> value in the link. The default value is "alternate".</li>
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- <li>
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- <code>:type</code> specifies an explicit MIME type. Rails will generate an appropriate MIME type automatically.</li>
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- <li>
1059
- <code>:title</code> specifies the title of the link. The default value is the uppercase <code>:type</code> value, for example, "ATOM" or "RSS".</li>
1060
- </ul>
1061
- <h5 id="linking-to-javascript-files-with-the-javascript_include_tag">3.1.2 Linking to JavaScript Files with the <code>javascript_include_tag</code>
1062
- </h5><p>The <code>javascript_include_tag</code> helper returns an HTML <code>script</code> tag for each source provided.</p><p>If you are using Rails with the <a href="asset_pipeline.html">Asset Pipeline</a> enabled, this helper will generate a link to <code>/assets/javascripts/</code> rather than <code>public/javascripts</code> which was used in earlier versions of Rails. This link is then served by the asset pipeline.</p><p>A JavaScript file within a Rails application or Rails engine goes in one of three locations: <code>app/assets</code>, <code>lib/assets</code> or <code>vendor/assets</code>. These locations are explained in detail in the <a href="asset_pipeline.html#asset-organization">Asset Organization section in the Asset Pipeline Guide</a></p><p>You can specify a full path relative to the document root, or a URL, if you prefer. For example, to link to a JavaScript file that is inside a directory called <code>javascripts</code> inside of one of <code>app/assets</code>, <code>lib/assets</code> or <code>vendor/assets</code>, you would do this:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1064
- &lt;%= javascript_include_tag "main" %&gt;
1065
-
1066
- </pre>
1067
- </div>
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- <p>Rails will then output a <code>script</code> tag such as this:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: xml; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1070
- &lt;script src='/assets/main.js'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
1071
-
1072
- </pre>
1073
- </div>
1074
- <p>The request to this asset is then served by the Sprockets gem.</p><p>To include multiple files such as <code>app/assets/javascripts/main.js</code> and <code>app/assets/javascripts/columns.js</code> at the same time:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1076
- &lt;%= javascript_include_tag "main", "columns" %&gt;
1077
-
1078
- </pre>
1079
- </div>
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- <p>To include <code>app/assets/javascripts/main.js</code> and <code>app/assets/javascripts/photos/columns.js</code>:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1082
- &lt;%= javascript_include_tag "main", "/photos/columns" %&gt;
1083
-
1084
- </pre>
1085
- </div>
1086
- <p>To include <code>http://example.com/main.js</code>:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1088
- &lt;%= javascript_include_tag "http://example.com/main.js" %&gt;
1089
-
1090
- </pre>
1091
- </div>
1092
- <h5 id="linking-to-css-files-with-the-stylesheet_link_tag">3.1.3 Linking to CSS Files with the <code>stylesheet_link_tag</code>
1093
- </h5><p>The <code>stylesheet_link_tag</code> helper returns an HTML <code>&lt;link&gt;</code> tag for each source provided.</p><p>If you are using Rails with the "Asset Pipeline" enabled, this helper will generate a link to <code>/assets/stylesheets/</code>. This link is then processed by the Sprockets gem. A stylesheet file can be stored in one of three locations: <code>app/assets</code>, <code>lib/assets</code> or <code>vendor/assets</code>.</p><p>You can specify a full path relative to the document root, or a URL. For example, to link to a stylesheet file that is inside a directory called <code>stylesheets</code> inside of one of <code>app/assets</code>, <code>lib/assets</code> or <code>vendor/assets</code>, you would do this:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1095
- &lt;%= stylesheet_link_tag "main" %&gt;
1096
-
1097
- </pre>
1098
- </div>
1099
- <p>To include <code>app/assets/stylesheets/main.css</code> and <code>app/assets/stylesheets/columns.css</code>:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- &lt;%= stylesheet_link_tag "main", "columns" %&gt;
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-
1103
- </pre>
1104
- </div>
1105
- <p>To include <code>app/assets/stylesheets/main.css</code> and <code>app/assets/stylesheets/photos/columns.css</code>:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- &lt;%= stylesheet_link_tag "main", "photos/columns" %&gt;
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-
1109
- </pre>
1110
- </div>
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- <p>To include <code>http://example.com/main.css</code>:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1113
- &lt;%= stylesheet_link_tag "http://example.com/main.css" %&gt;
1114
-
1115
- </pre>
1116
- </div>
1117
- <p>By default, the <code>stylesheet_link_tag</code> creates links with <code>media="screen" rel="stylesheet"</code>. You can override any of these defaults by specifying an appropriate option (<code>:media</code>, <code>:rel</code>):</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1119
- &lt;%= stylesheet_link_tag "main_print", media: "print" %&gt;
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-
1121
- </pre>
1122
- </div>
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- <h5 id="linking-to-images-with-the-image_tag">3.1.4 Linking to Images with the <code>image_tag</code>
1124
- </h5><p>The <code>image_tag</code> helper builds an HTML <code>&lt;img /&gt;</code> tag to the specified file. By default, files are loaded from <code>public/images</code>.</p><div class="warning"><p>Note that you must specify the extension of the image.</p></div><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1126
- &lt;%= image_tag "header.png" %&gt;
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-
1128
- </pre>
1129
- </div>
1130
- <p>You can supply a path to the image if you like:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1132
- &lt;%= image_tag "icons/delete.gif" %&gt;
1133
-
1134
- </pre>
1135
- </div>
1136
- <p>You can supply a hash of additional HTML options:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1138
- &lt;%= image_tag "icons/delete.gif", {height: 45} %&gt;
1139
-
1140
- </pre>
1141
- </div>
1142
- <p>You can supply alternate text for the image which will be used if the user has images turned off in their browser. If you do not specify an alt text explicitly, it defaults to the file name of the file, capitalized and with no extension. For example, these two image tags would return the same code:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1144
- &lt;%= image_tag "home.gif" %&gt;
1145
- &lt;%= image_tag "home.gif", alt: "Home" %&gt;
1146
-
1147
- </pre>
1148
- </div>
1149
- <p>You can also specify a special size tag, in the format "{width}x{height}":</p><div class="code_container">
1150
- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1151
- &lt;%= image_tag "home.gif", size: "50x20" %&gt;
1152
-
1153
- </pre>
1154
- </div>
1155
- <p>In addition to the above special tags, you can supply a final hash of standard HTML options, such as <code>:class</code>, <code>:id</code> or <code>:name</code>:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1157
- &lt;%= image_tag "home.gif", alt: "Go Home",
1158
- id: "HomeImage",
1159
- class: "nav_bar" %&gt;
1160
-
1161
- </pre>
1162
- </div>
1163
- <h5 id="linking-to-videos-with-the-video_tag">3.1.5 Linking to Videos with the <code>video_tag</code>
1164
- </h5><p>The <code>video_tag</code> helper builds an HTML 5 <code>&lt;video&gt;</code> tag to the specified file. By default, files are loaded from <code>public/videos</code>.</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- &lt;%= video_tag "movie.ogg" %&gt;
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-
1168
- </pre>
1169
- </div>
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- <p>Produces</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- &lt;video src="/videos/movie.ogg" /&gt;
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-
1174
- </pre>
1175
- </div>
1176
- <p>Like an <code>image_tag</code> you can supply a path, either absolute, or relative to the <code>public/videos</code> directory. Additionally you can specify the <code>size: "#{width}x#{height}"</code> option just like an <code>image_tag</code>. Video tags can also have any of the HTML options specified at the end (<code>id</code>, <code>class</code> et al).</p><p>The video tag also supports all of the <code>&lt;video&gt;</code> HTML options through the HTML options hash, including:</p>
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- <ul>
1178
- <li>
1179
- <code>poster: "image_name.png"</code>, provides an image to put in place of the video before it starts playing.</li>
1180
- <li>
1181
- <code>autoplay: true</code>, starts playing the video on page load.</li>
1182
- <li>
1183
- <code>loop: true</code>, loops the video once it gets to the end.</li>
1184
- <li>
1185
- <code>controls: true</code>, provides browser supplied controls for the user to interact with the video.</li>
1186
- <li>
1187
- <code>autobuffer: true</code>, the video will pre load the file for the user on page load.</li>
1188
- </ul>
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- <p>You can also specify multiple videos to play by passing an array of videos to the <code>video_tag</code>:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- &lt;%= video_tag ["trailer.ogg", "movie.ogg"] %&gt;
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-
1193
- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <p>This will produce:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- &lt;video&gt;&lt;source src="/videos/trailer.ogg" /&gt;&lt;source src="/videos/trailer.flv" /&gt;&lt;/video&gt;
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-
1199
- </pre>
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- </div>
1201
- <h5 id="linking-to-audio-files-with-the-audio_tag">3.1.6 Linking to Audio Files with the <code>audio_tag</code>
1202
- </h5><p>The <code>audio_tag</code> helper builds an HTML 5 <code>&lt;audio&gt;</code> tag to the specified file. By default, files are loaded from <code>public/audios</code>.</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- &lt;%= audio_tag "music.mp3" %&gt;
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-
1206
- </pre>
1207
- </div>
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- <p>You can supply a path to the audio file if you like:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: ruby; html-script: true; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- &lt;%= audio_tag "music/first_song.mp3" %&gt;
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1212
- </pre>
1213
- </div>
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- <p>You can also supply a hash of additional options, such as <code>:id</code>, <code>:class</code> etc.</p><p>Like the <code>video_tag</code>, the <code>audio_tag</code> has special options:</p>
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- <ul>
1216
- <li>
1217
- <code>autoplay: true</code>, starts playing the audio on page load</li>
1218
- <li>
1219
- <code>controls: true</code>, provides browser supplied controls for the user to interact with the audio.</li>
1220
- <li>
1221
- <code>autobuffer: true</code>, the audio will pre load the file for the user on page load.</li>
1222
- </ul>
1223
- <h4 id="understanding-yield">3.2 Understanding <code>yield</code>
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- </h4><p>Within the context of a layout, <code>yield</code> identifies a section where content from the view should be inserted. The simplest way to use this is to have a single <code>yield</code>, into which the entire contents of the view currently being rendered is inserted:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: plain; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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1230
- &lt;%= yield %&gt;
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- &lt;/body&gt;
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- &lt;/html&gt;
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-
1234
- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <p>You can also create a layout with multiple yielding regions:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: plain; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1238
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1239
- &lt;head&gt;
1240
- &lt;%= yield :head %&gt;
1241
- &lt;/head&gt;
1242
- &lt;body&gt;
1243
- &lt;%= yield %&gt;
1244
- &lt;/body&gt;
1245
- &lt;/html&gt;
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-
1247
- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <p>The main body of the view will always render into the unnamed <code>yield</code>. To render content into a named <code>yield</code>, you use the <code>content_for</code> method.</p><h4 id="using-the-content_for-method">3.3 Using the <code>content_for</code> Method</h4><p>The <code>content_for</code> method allows you to insert content into a named <code>yield</code> block in your layout. For example, this view would work with the layout that you just saw:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: plain; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
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- &lt;% content_for :head do %&gt;
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- &lt;title&gt;A simple page&lt;/title&gt;
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- &lt;% end %&gt;
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-
1255
- &lt;p&gt;Hello, Rails!&lt;/p&gt;
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1257
- </pre>
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- </div>
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- <p>The result of rendering this page into the supplied layout would be this HTML:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <pre class="brush: plain; gutter: false; toolbar: false">
1261
- &lt;html&gt;
1262
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- &lt;/head&gt;
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- &lt;body&gt;
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- &lt;p&gt;Hello, Rails!&lt;/p&gt;
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- &lt;/body&gt;
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- &lt;/html&gt;
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-
1270
- </pre>
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- <p>Here, the <code>_ad_banner.html.erb</code> and <code>_footer.html.erb</code> partials could contain content that is shared among many pages in your application. You don't need to see the details of these sections when you're concentrating on a particular page.</p><div class="info"><p>For content that is shared among all pages in your application, you can use partials directly from layouts.</p></div><h5 id="partial-layouts">3.4.3 Partial Layouts</h5><p>A partial can use its own layout file, just as a view can use a layout. For example, you might call a partial like this:</p><div class="code_container">
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- <p>That's it. The News views will use the new layout, hiding the top menu and adding a new right menu inside the "content" div.</p><p>There are several ways of getting similar results with different sub-templating schemes using this technique. Note that there is no limit in nesting levels. One can use the <code>ActionView::render</code> method via <code>render template: 'layouts/news'</code> to base a new layout on the News layout. If you are sure you will not subtemplate the <code>News</code> layout, you can replace the <code>content_for?(:news_content) ? yield(:news_content) : yield</code> with simply <code>yield</code>.</p>
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