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Trip
Trip

Reputation: 27124

render_to_string doesn't work as expected

I'm trying to use render_to_string by its default nature in my console..

StoresController.new.render_to_string '/shared/colors'

This returns :

ActionView::MissingTemplate: Missing template /shared/colors with {:locale=>[:en], :formats=>[:html, :text, :js, :css, :ics, :csv, :png, :jpeg, :gif, :bmp, :tiff, :mpeg, :xml, :rss, :atom, :yaml, :multipart_form, :url_encoded_form, :json, :pdf, :zip, :srt], :handlers=>[:erb, :builder, :coffee, :haml]}. Searched in:
  * "/Sites/whisper.me/app/views"
  * "/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p125@project/gems/teaspoon-0.7.7/app/views"
  * "/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p125@project/gems/devise-2.2.2/app/views"
  * "/Sites/project"
  * "/"

Even though my partial is clearly there. In fact, if I have it search for any file in any directory with any controller, it also doesn't work as expected. What am I missing?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 394

Answers (2)

Sebastian vom Meer
Sebastian vom Meer

Reputation: 5251

Are you sure that '/shared/colors' should work? Following Rails Guide I would try the following instead:

StoresController.new.render_to_string 'shared/colors'

The leading slash seems to determine a file system path:

The render method can also use a view that's entirely outside of your application [...]. Rails determines that this is a file render because of the leading slash character.

Upvotes: 0

Kirti Thorat
Kirti Thorat

Reputation: 53048

Use this

StoresController.new.render_to_string partial: '/shared/colors'

Give partial option as you are trying to render a partial.

Upvotes: 1

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