Question

I am trying to generate a url in an actionmailer template. An example if the url I want to generate is

http://0.0.0.0:3000/users/confirm/lNbQxzFukYtEEw2RMCA

Where the last segment is a hash to identify the user

However when I use this

<%= url_for(:controller => 'users', :action => 'confirm', :id => @user.confirmhash, :only_path => false) %>

It generates this

http://0.0.0.0:3000/assets?action=confirm&controller=users&id=ZOR3dNMls8533T8hJUfCJw

How can I get it to correctly format? I have no idea where ‘assets’ is coming from.

Is there an easier way to use named routes that I am missing?

Answer 1

I’ve found the answer. As I’m still learning I’ve missed the option to create a named route. So this this the path I’ve taken.

In config/routes.rb

match 'user/confirm/:id' => 'users#confirm', :as => :confirm_account

Then in my action mailer template I’ve used

<%= link_to "Confirm your account", confirm_account_url(@user.confirmhash) %>

Which passes the :id into the controller action.