Is it possible to run some script before controller is hit

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#1

This has everything to do with new European cookie law ;-(

Is it possible to start some script (on every call), before rails
application is hit. Script would check for the presence of a cookie and
if it is there just pass control forward. If not it would popup window
about legal stuff and redirect to original address.

I am using Rails 3.2 with Passenger and Nginx.

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TheR

#2

I’d do this in the client site - with javascript.

#3

This has everything to do with new European cookie law ;-(

Is it possible to start some script (on every call), before rails

application is hit. Script would check for the presence of a cookie and

if it is there just pass control forward. If not it would popup window

about legal stuff and redirect to original address.

There’s a rack middleware ( https://github.com/peter-murach/rack-policy ) that handles some of this.

Fred

#4

Dheeraj Kumar wrote in post #1111091:

I'd do this in the client site - with javascript.

JavaScript can easily be disabled by the user. The solution has to be
done server side, so Rack middleware is the way to go as Frederick
mentioned.

#5

Out of interest is there a reason why this could not be done more
simply using a before_filter?

Colin