instance method `helper_method`

Ruby on Rails 7.2.3

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:

helper_method(*methods)

Declare a controller method as a helper. For example, the following makes the current_user and logged_in? controller methods available to the view:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  helper_method :current_user, :logged_in?

  private
    def current_user
      @current_user ||= User.find_by(id: session[:user])
    end

    def logged_in?
      current_user != nil
    end
end

In a view:

<% if logged_in? -%>Welcome, <%= current_user.name %><% end -%>

Parameters

method[, method] - A name or names of a method on the controller to be made available on the view.

Parameters

methods rest

Source

# File actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/helpers.rb, line 128
      def helper_method(*methods)
        methods.flatten!
        self._helper_methods += methods

        location = caller_locations(1, 1).first
        file, line = location.path, location.lineno

        methods.each do |method|
          # def current_user(...)
          #   controller.send(:'current_user', ...)
          # end
          _helpers_for_modification.class_eval <<~ruby_eval.lines.map(&:strip).join(";"), file, line
            def #{method}(...)
              controller.send(:'#{method}', ...)
            end
          ruby_eval
        end
      end

Defined in actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/helpers.rb line 128 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in AbstractController::Helpers::ClassMethods

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