Question

photo_url(Photo.first, :host => 'foobar') returns http://foobar/photos/2vig0 .

How do I do the same thing with something like 'photo'_url(Photo.first, :host => 'foobar')

Do I need to do something like: 'photo'.constantize._url(Photo.first, :host => 'foobar')

Answer 1

You can use send to invoke a method, once you’ve concatinated the two parts of the string together.

assuming @fn contains the string "photo":

send("#{@fn}_url", Photo.first, :host => 'foobar')

Or, possibly clearer:

send("photo" + "_url", Photo.first, :host => 'foobar')