Unable to set default_url_options[:host] for Action Mailer

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I am attempting to provide ActionMailer with the request host needed to generate a url.

Here is my code:

In config/environments/development.rb config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => "development_url.com" }

and in config/environments/production.rb config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => "production_url.com" }

When I run the above code ActionMailer fails, and tells me that I never provided it with the request host. I think ActionMailer is a dirty liar.

Any suggestions for a fix?

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David Crockett wrote:

I am attempting to provide ActionMailer with the request host needed to generate a url.

Here is my code:

In config/environments/development.rb config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => "development_url.com" }

and in config/environments/production.rb config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => "production_url.com" }

When I run the above code ActionMailer fails, and tells me that I never provided it with the request host. I think ActionMailer is a dirty liar.

Any suggestions for a fix?

Have you restarted your development server?

If so, try putting it inside your mailer class:

default_url_options[:host] = RAILS_ENV != production ?            "development_url.com" : "production_url.com"

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Mark Reginald James wrote:

Have you restarted your development server?

Nope - restarting the server solved the problem. Thanks for the help.

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If so, try putting it inside your mailer class:

default_url_options[:host] = RAILS_ENV != production ?            "development_url.com" : "production_url.com"

I would recommend using Ryan Bates nifty generators gem (GitHub - ryanb/nifty-generators: A collection of useful Rails generator scripts.). This lets you generate a nifty_config file (actually by default called app_config.yml) which lets you access variables which depend on production environment by doing APP_CONFIG[:domain] or some some such madness. Definitely beats the above method if you have to use that information in more than one place (DRY).

Chris