instance method `redirect_to`

Ruby on Rails 3.0.20

Since v3.0.20

Available in: 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

Compare with:

redirect_to(options = {}, response_status = {})

Redirects the browser to the target specified in options. This parameter can take one of three forms:

Hash - The URL will be generated by calling url_for with the options.
Record - The URL will be generated by calling url_for with the options, which will reference a named URL for that record.
String starting with protocol:// (like http://) - Is passed straight through as the target for redirection.
String not containing a protocol - The current protocol and host is prepended to the string.
:back - Back to the page that issued the request. Useful for forms that are triggered from multiple places. Short-hand for redirect_to(request.env["HTTP_REFERER"])

Examples:

redirect_to :action => "show", :id => 5
redirect_to post
redirect_to "http://www.rubyonrails.org"
redirect_to "/images/screenshot.jpg"
redirect_to articles_url
redirect_to :back

The redirection happens as a “302 Moved” header unless otherwise specified.

Examples:

redirect_to post_url(@post), :status => :found
redirect_to :action=>'atom', :status => :moved_permanently
redirect_to post_url(@post), :status => 301
redirect_to :action=>'atom', :status => 302

The status code can either be a standard HTTP Status code as an integer, or a symbol representing the downcased, underscored and symbolized description.

It is also possible to assign a flash message as part of the redirection. There are two special accessors for commonly used the flash names alert and notice as well as a general purpose flash bucket.

Examples:

redirect_to post_url(@post), :alert => "Watch it, mister!"
redirect_to post_url(@post), :status=> :found, :notice => "Pay attention to the road"
redirect_to post_url(@post), :status => 301, :flash => { :updated_post_id => @post.id }
redirect_to { :action=>'atom' }, :alert => "Something serious happened"

When using redirect_to :back, if there is no referrer, RedirectBackError will be raised. You may specify some fallback behavior for this case by rescuing RedirectBackError.

Parameters

options opt = {}
response_status opt = {}

Source

# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb, line 56
    def redirect_to(options = {}, response_status = {}) #:doc:
      raise ActionControllerError.new("Cannot redirect to nil!") if options.nil?
      raise AbstractController::DoubleRenderError if response_body

      self.status        = _extract_redirect_to_status(options, response_status)
      self.location      = _compute_redirect_to_location(options)
      self.response_body = "<html><body>You are being <a href=\"#{ERB::Util.h(location)}\">redirected</a>.</body></html>"
    end

Defined in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb line 56 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActionController::Redirecting

Signature

Parameters