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fligtar
fligtar

Reputation: 28

Rails JS files missing from precompiled directory

I'm deploying a Rails app on Heroku and am using the asset pipeline to successfully load my app's JS and CSS from various files.

I have a separate group of JS files, each with static data (mostly coordinates) that are only loaded individually, so I don't want them to be part of the manifest files. For example, if someone visits the "new-york" page, I would load the individual new-york.js, but if someone visits the "chicago" page I load chicago.js.

This works great in development, but on Heroku, that whole directory of files simply doesn't exist. I get 404s, and when I looked in /public/assets at all the precompiled assets, those files are no where to be found.

How do I make these files accessible on Heroku, either by making them show up with the precompiled assets or access them directly from their lib/assets/javascripts home?

Note that I'm already using the Heroku 12 factor gem.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 99

Answers (1)

apneadiving
apneadiving

Reputation: 115541

You have to add the folders in the precompile list.

In your application.rb:

config.assets.precompile += %w(new_york.js) #etc...

Or to get every js files in a folder: 

to_precompile = Dir[Rails.root.join("app/assets/javascripts/cities/*.js")].map do |file| 
  "cities/#{ Pathname.new(file).basename }"
end
config.assets.precompile += to_precompile

Upvotes: 2

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