Question

i need to modify default redirect_to method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb

def redirect_to(options = {}, response_status = {}) #:doc:
      ....
      self.location      = _compute_redirect_to_location(options)
      # add customized code here to modify self.location
      ......
end

i am not sure what is the correct approach. what i did are the followings:

• copy redirecting.rb to my rails project in
  “lib/rails_ext/action_controller/redirecting.rb”
• made the change to redirect_to() method
• add the line: require ‘rails_ext/action_controller/redirecting’ in application.rb

it worked. however, i am getting an warning
rails_ext/action_controller/redirecting.rb:3: warning: already initialized constant DEFAULT_MESSAGE

in additional, i think there must be a better way to accomplish this.

Answer 1

I usually override this function in application controller.

def redirect_to(*args)
 # your code
end

similar article: http://jkfill.com/2011/05/13/log-which-line-called-redirect_to/