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Tabrez
Tabrez

Reputation: 3466

can you use embedded ruby in custom javascript files in rails?

How does one embed ruby code in javascript for rails? I know you can do this easily in javascript responders for action methods (for e.g. in create.erb.js). But is there a way to do this for other custom javascript files that are included in the application using javascript_include_tag?

For e.g. in create.erb.js I can write code such as <%= if current_user_name ="xyz" %>

Is there a way to have this type of embedding in a custom js file such as custom.js that is used across the application and not just for generating a response for format.js.

Thanks,

Tabrez

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2016

Answers (1)

iwasrobbed
iwasrobbed

Reputation: 46703

You can just create an _application.js.erb file (name it whatever you wish) in the views/shared folder and then include it in your application's layout file.

<%= render '/shared/application.js' %>

Make sure you wrap it in script tags like normal and ensure that you use the DOM ready wrapper within that JS file like you normally would as well.

Upvotes: 7

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