Getting a list of possible actions from a controller

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1

As ‘actions’ are simply the methods defined on the controller, this should work (though I can’t test it right now):

ControllerClass.instance_methods - ActionController::Base.instance_methods

Jason

2

This won't work because not all instance methods are considered actions. Some methods are hidden (with hide_actions method).

You'd better use class method ActionController::Base.action_methods or it's instance method analogue.

3

Ah, so there is something like that. You’ll have to go diving around in ActionController itself to find such methods though, they aren’t on the documentation most of the time.

Jason