instance method `mail_to`

Ruby on Rails 2.2.3

Since v2.2.3

Available in: v2.2.3 v2.3.18 v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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mail_to(email_address, name = nil, html_options = {})

Creates a mailto link tag to the specified email_address, which is also used as the name of the link unless name is specified. Additional HTML attributes for the link can be passed in html_options.

mail_to has several methods for hindering email harvesters and customizing the email itself by passing special keys to html_options.

Options

:encode - This key will accept the strings “javascript” or “hex”. Passing “javascript” will dynamically create and encode the mailto: link then eval it into the DOM of the page. This method will not show the link on the page if the user has JavaScript disabled. Passing “hex” will hex encode the email_address before outputting the mailto: link.
:replace_at - When the link name isn’t provided, the email_address is used for the link label. You can use this option to obfuscate the email_address by substituting the @ sign with the string given as the value.
:replace_dot - When the link name isn’t provided, the email_address is used for the link label. You can use this option to obfuscate the email_address by substituting the . in the email with the string given as the value.
:subject - Preset the subject line of the email.
:body - Preset the body of the email.
:cc - Carbon Copy addition recipients on the email.
:bcc - Blind Carbon Copy additional recipients on the email.

Examples

mail_to "me@domain.com"
# => <a href="mailto:me@domain.com">me@domain.com</a>

mail_to "me@domain.com", "My email", :encode => "javascript"
# => <script type="text/javascript">eval(decodeURIComponent('%64%6f%63...%27%29%3b'))</script>

mail_to "me@domain.com", "My email", :encode => "hex"
# => <a href="mailto:%6d%65@%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e.%63%6f%6d">My email</a>

mail_to "me@domain.com", nil, :replace_at => "_at_", :replace_dot => "_dot_", :class => "email"
# => <a href="mailto:me@domain.com" class="email">me_at_domain_dot_com</a>

mail_to "me@domain.com", "My email", :cc => "ccaddress@domain.com",
         :subject => "This is an example email"
# => <a href="mailto:me@domain.com?cc=ccaddress@domain.com&subject=This%20is%20an%20example%20email">My email</a>

Parameters

email_address req
name opt = nil
html_options opt = {}

Source

# File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb, line 456
      def mail_to(email_address, name = nil, html_options = {})
        html_options = html_options.stringify_keys
        encode = html_options.delete("encode").to_s
        cc, bcc, subject, body = html_options.delete("cc"), html_options.delete("bcc"), html_options.delete("subject"), html_options.delete("body")

        string = ''
        extras = ''
        extras << "cc=#{CGI.escape(cc).gsub("+", "%20")}&" unless cc.nil?
        extras << "bcc=#{CGI.escape(bcc).gsub("+", "%20")}&" unless bcc.nil?
        extras << "body=#{CGI.escape(body).gsub("+", "%20")}&" unless body.nil?
        extras << "subject=#{CGI.escape(subject).gsub("+", "%20")}&" unless subject.nil?
        extras = "?" << extras.gsub!(/&?$/,"") unless extras.empty?

        email_address = email_address.to_s

        email_address_obfuscated = email_address.dup
        email_address_obfuscated.gsub!(/@/, html_options.delete("replace_at")) if html_options.has_key?("replace_at")
        email_address_obfuscated.gsub!(/\./, html_options.delete("replace_dot")) if html_options.has_key?("replace_dot")

        if encode == "javascript"
          "document.write('#{content_tag("a", name || email_address_obfuscated, html_options.merge({ "href" => "mailto:"+email_address+extras }))}');".each_byte do |c|
            string << sprintf("%%%x", c)
          end
          "<script type=\"#{Mime::JS}\">eval(decodeURIComponent('#{string}'))</script>"
        elsif encode == "hex"
          email_address_encoded = ''
          email_address_obfuscated.each_byte do |c|
            email_address_encoded << sprintf("&#%d;", c)
          end

          protocol = 'mailto:'
          protocol.each_byte { |c| string << sprintf("&#%d;", c) }

          email_address.each_byte do |c|
            char = c.chr
            string << (char =~ /\w/ ? sprintf("%%%x", c) : char)
          end
          content_tag "a", name || email_address_encoded, html_options.merge({ "href" => "#{string}#{extras}" })
        else
          content_tag "a", name || email_address_obfuscated, html_options.merge({ "href" => "mailto:#{email_address}#{extras}" })
        end
      end

Defined in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb line 456 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActionView::Helpers::UrlHelper

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