Hello, in my controller I need to format a json object using
simple_format, which is why I need to include several helpers.
So far I have the following in my controller:
include ApplicationHelper
include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
include ActionView::Helpers::TagHelper
This works great for simple_format, problem is when the
comment.content has a email address, rails trys to do a mailto link
which breaks, showing the following error in the logs: "NoMethodError
(undefined method `mail_to' for...."
Any ideas on how to add it in? I tried adding include
ActionView::Helpers::UrlHelper but that did not work. I get this error
when I include the UrlHelper: "undefined local variable or method
`controller"
Coincidentally, I had to resort to using number_to_currency in a
controller the other day (okay, I didn't *have* to - I decided it
easier to do it that way for the task I had to do
A quick Google for "number_to_currency controller" (now I'm giving
away my Google-fu?!) gleaned this:
..and for my quick and "I feel dirty" use, I settled for the solution:
Object.new.extend(ActionView::Helpers::NumberHelper).number_to_currency(my_number)
Pavling, thanks for the repy! I’ve been stuck on this bug all morning…
So I’m trying to understand how to get this working based on your suggestion.
Here’s the flow:
My controller calls html_format(comment.content) which is inside of the application helper
html_format, then calls simple_format. This only errors when there is an email in comment.content. If there is a link or just plain text it works just fine.
Given that, can you help me understand your suggestion on how to resolve? Thank you!
Ok turns out it’s not simple_format, I forgot that I was using auto_link. Removing auto_link prevent the error. So now I need to figure out what I need to include in the controller to user auto_link
