Question

I’m trying to use the rails_autolink gem.
As usual, I added the gem declaration to my gemfile:

gem 'rails_autolink'

Then ran “bundle install”, restarted my rails local server and
Then I added to my posts_controller the require before the class declaration

require 'rails_autolink'
class PostsController < ApplicationController
     ...

and used the auto_link method inside my create action

    def create
        @new_post = Post.new(params[:post])

        if @new_post.content == ""
          redirect_to posts_url
        else
         @new_post.content = auto_link(@new_post.content)

         ... #respond_to and save methods
        end
    end

end #end of my post controller

The thing is that when I try to create a post I have a undefined method on the auto_link method, any idea why ? Is it specific to the gem or is it because something else ?

Answer 1

This is a view helper which you’re trying to use in a controller

@new_post.content = view_context.auto_link(@new_post.content)