Question

I created an instance variable (@user) in the model of a mailer and want to access it in the view? But it’s giving me an an error (@user = nil). What’s the best way to pass a variable to view (the email body)?

Thanks, Chirag

Answer 1

If you want to access an instance variable in your mailer template then in your mailer model add

@body[:user] = user_object

The above would create an instance variable @user that can be accessed in your view. You should be able to access user object in your mailer view by doing

@user

The docs here have examples of alternative ways if you are using multiple formats (text/html).