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Patricio S
Patricio S

Reputation: 2130

Rails convention to define a class used by my controllers

Considering that I have a standard Rails directory structure in my project (the directory we get after a rails new) and that I have several controllers (controllerA, controllerB, controllerC, etc), where would be a good place to define a class that I want to use in all the controllers?

I was thinking about defining the class in application_controller.rb and then use it, another option is define it in a file inside the models folder and then require that file.

Is there a Rails convention for this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 34

Answers (2)

Yevhen Radionov
Yevhen Radionov

Reputation: 13

You can also create your class in the controllers/concerns directory.

Upvotes: 0

jvillian
jvillian

Reputation: 20253

Just create a services directory under app, put your class in there, and be done with it. No need to do a require as Rails will find it automatically.

Do not define a class in your controller. Do not put a plain old ruby objects in your models folder.

Upvotes: 3

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