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Asked: 2026-05-20T02:13:45+00:00

I have user generated comments on my site. If a user adds an URL

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I have user generated comments on my site. If a user adds an URL in their comment, I’d like it to be formatted as a link and actually link to that URL. How do I do that?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Rails has an auto_link text helper.

    auto_link("Go to http://www.rubyonrails.org and say hello to david@loudthinking.com")
# => "Go to <a href=\"http://www.rubyonrails.org\">http://www.rubyonrails.org</a> and
#     say hello to <a href=\"mailto:david@loudthinking.com\">david@loudthinking.com</a>"

auto_link("Visit http://www.loudthinking.com/ or e-mail david@loudthinking.com", :link => :urls)
# => "Visit <a href=\"http://www.loudthinking.com/\">http://www.loudthinking.com/</a>
#     or e-mail david@loudthinking.com"
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