Question

What’s the correct way to embed a flash swf in a rails view?

I see:
image_tag and video_tag but I don’t see swf_tag

Answer 1

If you are using the pipeline then you must use the rails asset helpers to access the file. This is because the file will get a fingerprint added to it in production, so if you hard code it, it won’t work.

You can put SWFs in their own directory as outlined in this answer, then do this in the view:

<embed src="<%= asset_path('my_flash.swf) %>", any_embed_options />