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Class: ActionController::Metal

Relationships & Source Files
Extension / Inclusion / Inheritance Descendants
Subclasses:
API, Base, Rails::ApplicationController, Rails::HealthController, Rails::InfoController, Rails::MailersController, Rails::WelcomeController, ActionView::TestCase::TestController
Super Chains via Extension / Inclusion / Inheritance
Class Chain:
Instance Chain:
Inherits: AbstractController::Base
Defined in: actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb,
actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb

Overview

Metal is the simplest possible controller, providing a valid ::Rack interface without the additional niceties provided by Base.

A sample metal controller might look like this:

class HelloController < ActionController::Metal
  def index
    self.response_body = "Hello World!"
  end
end

And then to route requests to your metal controller, you would add something like this to config/routes.rb:

get 'hello', to: HelloController.action(:index)

The .action method returns a valid ::Rack application for the Rails router to dispatch to.

Rendering Helpers

Metal by default provides no utilities for rendering views, partials, or other responses aside from explicitly calling of #response_body=, #content_type=, and #status=. To add the render helpers you’re used to having in a normal controller, you can do the following:

class HelloController < ActionController::Metal
  include AbstractController::Rendering
  include ActionView::Layouts
  append_view_path "#{Rails.root}/app/views"

  def index
    render "hello/index"
  end
end

Redirection Helpers

To add redirection helpers to your metal controller, do the following:

class HelloController < ActionController::Metal
  include ActionController::Redirecting
  include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers

  def index
    redirect_to root_url
  end
end

Other Helpers

You can refer to the modules included in Base to see other features you can bring into your metal controller.

Class Attribute Summary

::AbstractController::Base - Inherited

.abstract?
.supports_path?

Returns true if the given controller is capable of rendering a path.

Class Method Summary

::AbstractController::Base - Inherited

.abstract,
.abstract!

Define a controller as abstract.

.action_methods

A list of method names that should be considered actions.

.clear_action_methods!

action_methods are cached and there is sometimes a need to refresh them.

.controller_path

Returns the full controller name, underscored, without the ending Controller.

.internal_methods

A list of all internal methods for a controller.

.method_added

Refresh the cached action_methods when a new action_method is added.

::ActiveSupport::DescendantsTracker - Extended

descendants

See additional method definition at line 109.

subclasses

Instance Attribute Summary

::AbstractController::Base - Inherited

#action_name

Returns the name of the action this controller is processing.

#formats

Returns the formats that can be processed by the controller.

#performed?

Tests if a response body is set.

#response_body

Returns the body of the HTTP response sent by the controller.

Instance Method Summary

::AbstractController::Base - Inherited

#action_methods

Delegates to the class’s .action_methods.

#available_action?

Returns true if a method for the action is available and can be dispatched, false otherwise.

#controller_path

Delegates to the class’s .controller_path.

#process

Calls the action going through the entire Action Dispatch stack.

::ActiveSupport::Configurable - Included

#config

Reads and writes attributes from a configuration OrderedOptions.

Constructor Details

.newMetal

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 185

def initialize
  @_request = nil
  @_response = nil
  @_response_body = nil
  @_routes = nil
  @_params = nil
  super
end

Class Attribute Details

.middleware_stack (rw)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 262

class_attribute :middleware_stack, default: ActionController::MiddlewareStack.new

.middleware_stack?Boolean (rw)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 262

class_attribute :middleware_stack, default: ActionController::MiddlewareStack.new

Class Method Details

.action(name)

Returns a ::Rack endpoint for the given action name.

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 289

def self.action(name)
  app = lambda { |env|
    req = ActionDispatch::Request.new(env)
    res = make_response! req
    new.dispatch(name, req, res)
  }

  if middleware_stack.any?
    middleware_stack.build(name, app)
  else
    app
  end
end

.controller_name

Returns the last part of the controller’s name, underscored, without the ending Controller. For instance, PostsController returns posts. Namespaces are left out, so Admin::PostsController returns posts as well.

Returns

  • string

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 130

def self.controller_name
  @controller_name ||= (name.demodulize.delete_suffix("Controller").underscore unless anonymous?)
end

.dispatch(name, req, res)

Direct dispatch to the controller. Instantiates the controller, then executes the action named name.

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 305

def self.dispatch(name, req, res)
  if middleware_stack.any?
    middleware_stack.build(name) { |env| new.dispatch(name, req, res) }.call req.env
  else
    new.dispatch(name, req, res)
  end
end

.make_response!(request)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 134

def self.make_response!(request)
  ActionDispatch::Response.new.tap do |res|
    res.request = request
  end
end

.middleware

The middleware stack used by this controller.

By default uses a variation of ::ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack which allows for the following syntax:

class PostsController < ApplicationController
  use AuthenticationMiddleware, except: [:index, :show]
end

Read more about Rails middleware stack in the guides.

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 284

def self.middleware
  middleware_stack
end

.use

Pushes the given ::Rack middleware and its arguments to the bottom of the middleware stack.

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 267

def use(...)
  middleware_stack.use(...)
end

Instance Attribute Details

#content_type (rw)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 182

delegate :status=, :location=, :content_type=,
         :status, :location, :content_type, :media_type, to: "@_response"

#headers (readonly)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 180

delegate :headers, to: "@_response"

#location (rw)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 182

delegate :status=, :location=, :content_type=,
         :status, :location, :content_type, :media_type, to: "@_response"

#media_type (readonly)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 182

delegate :status=, :location=, :content_type=,
         :status, :location, :content_type, :media_type, to: "@_response"

#middleware_stack (rw)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 262

class_attribute :middleware_stack, default: ActionController::MiddlewareStack.new

#middleware_stack?Boolean (rw)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 262

class_attribute :middleware_stack, default: ActionController::MiddlewareStack.new

#params (rw)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 194

def params
  @_params ||= request.parameters
end

#params=(val) (rw)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 198

def params=(val)
  @_params = val
end

#performed?Boolean (readonly)

Tests if render or redirect has already happened.

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 220

def performed?
  response_body || response.committed?
end

#request (rw)

:attr_reader: request

The ::ActionDispatch::Request instance for the current request.

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 164

attr_internal :request

#response (rw)

:attr_reader: response

The ::ActionDispatch::Response instance for the current response.

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 170

attr_internal_reader :response

#response=(response) (rw)

Assign the response and mark it as committed. No further processing will occur.

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 242

def response=(response)
  set_response!(response)

  # Force `performed?` to return true:
  @_response_body = true
end

#response_body=(body) (writeonly)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 209

def response_body=(body)
  if body
    body = [body] if body.is_a?(String)
    response.body = body
    super
  else
    response.reset_body!
  end
end

#session (readonly)

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 176

delegate :session, to: "@_request"

#status (rw) Also known as: #response_code

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 182

delegate :status=, :location=, :content_type=,
         :status, :location, :content_type, :media_type, to: "@_response"

Instance Method Details

#controller_name

Delegates to the class’s .controller_name.

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 156

def controller_name
  self.class.controller_name
end

#reset_session

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 258

def reset_session
  @_request.reset_session
end

#url_for(string)

Basic url_for that can be overridden for more robust functionality.

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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal.rb', line 205

def url_for(string)
  string
end