rubygemsruby-on-rails-3.2

Can't get rails_autolink to work in rails 3.2.2

I need the function auto_link in my project.

So I try to install the gem rails_autolink.

In the Gemfile:

gem 'rails_autolink'

Then I stop the server, run bundle install, start the server.

In my controller: 

require 'rails_autolink'

# ...

auto_link("Go to http://www.rubyonrails.org and say hello to david@loudthinking.com")

And I get:

NoMethodError in Relation::CustomsController#index

undefined method `auto_link' for

In app/controllers/relation/customs_controller.rb:12:in `index'

How do I include rails_autolink properly ?

Edit: gem install rails_autolink doesn't help.

Solution

  • My guess would be that auto_link is not working because you're calling it in the context of the controller. Try doing

    class CustomsController < ApplicationController
  include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
end

    (If you look at the source code here, you'll see that auto_link is part of something called TextHelper.)

    Or, if possible, move the auto_link call from the controller to the view. It's view-related logic, anyway.