[Facebooker-talk] Problems with *_path() and *_url() helpers when using Publisher

[Nick Holland]

Hi Christopher,

We are running Rails 2.0.2, so unfortunately that doesn't seem to be
the issue... but hopefully we are experiencing the same issue,
regardless of the rails version so we both can get it resolved!

Take care,
Nick Holland

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Christopher Bailey <chris at cobaltedge.com> wrote:
> Nick, what version of Rails are you using?  I've run into issues in this
> same area under Rails 1.2.x.  My app will be moved to Rails 2 in the future,
> but it's a serious undertaking for us, so I haven't been able to move it and
> test out whether Rails 2 solves these problems.  Thus, I'm interested to
> know your Rails version and if that may play into it or not.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Nick Holland <nick.a.holland at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Mike,
> >
> > As requested, here is the code involved:
> >
> > routes.rb
> > --------------------------
> >
> > ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
> >  map.resource :home
> > end
> >
> > event_publisher.rb
> > --------------------------
> >
> > class EventPublisher < Facebooker::Rails::Publisher
> >  include ActionController::UrlWriter
> >
> >  def profile_update(uid, session)
> >   user = Facebooker::User.new(uid, session)
> >   send_as :profile
> >   from user
> >   recipients user
> >
> >   Facebooker::Session.current = session
> >
> >   profile render(:partial => 'profile/profile' )
> >  end
> > end
> >
> > _profile.fbml.erb
> > ----------------------
> >
> > <%= render(:partial => 'profile/style' ) %>
> >
> > <div id="content" class="wide">
> >  <%= link_to 'test', home_path %>
> > </div>
> >
> > ----------------------
> >
> > Pretty basic stuff -- I hope I'm doing something thats obvious so I
> > can get this fixed up ;) I am using resource routes throughout the
> > rest of my code without issue. It is just partials under Publisher
> > that fail.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Mike Mangino <mmangino at elevatedrails.com>
> wrote:
> > > Can you show the exact code you are using and also let us know what
> version
> > > of Rails you are using?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  On Apr 5, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Nick Holland wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the response Mike and Nicholaus. I apologize for the delay
> > > > in replying, but I have been deep in development mode and deploying my
> > > > Facebook Application.
> > > >
> > > > I was running an older version of Facebooker, so I thought I'd try and
> > > > upgrade my application today to the newest version. Happy to see that
> > > > a number of bugs have been fixed that I had money patches for, but I
> > > > still am experiencing some issues using *_path() style paths in
> > > > partials under the Publisher framework.
> > > >
> > > > There has been a change in the errors I receive, though. I do not
> > > > receive the previous error "undefined method `default_url_options' for
> > > > ActionView::Base:Class", anymore. There is a path returned, but it is
> > > > relative. I attempted modifying my code to use ":only_path => false"
> > > > in my _path method call, to see if I'd receive a full, absolute URL
> > > > with my application path. Unfortunately, I receive an exception which
> > > > was caught by my event processor:
> > > >
> > > > "Missing host to link to! Please provide :host parameter or set
> > > > default_url_options[:host]"
> > > >
> > > > I took a look in the publisher code and see that default_url_options
> > > > method is indeed defined and looks right. Just for laughs, I copied
> > > > this decleration into my own publisher class, to see if it would work.
> > > > I still receive the same error.
> > > >
> > > > It looks like we are getting closer to solving the problem. I hope one
> > > > of you with some more intimaacy with this framework could assist me,
> > > > as currently I have to build all my publisher URLs in my partials
> > > > manually as strings (yuck!).
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your assistance, I greatly appreciate it!
> > > >
> > > > - Nick
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Nicholaus Ames
> > > > <nicholaus.l.ames at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Nick,
> > > > > Did you ever get the url_helpers in there?
> > > > >
> > > > > Nick
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Nick Holland
> > > <nick.a.holland at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am running into issues using *_path() and *_url() helpers the
> > > > > > Facebooker Publisher framework. I encounter the following error
> when
> > > > > > using these helpers while *inside of a partial*:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > undefined method `default_url_options' for ActionView::Base:Class
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've seen a few other people speak about this issue, yet I haven't
> > > > > > seen any resolution on the mailing list yet. Here is an example
> stub
> > > > > > method that I am using the partial in:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  def simple_notification(event_data, partial_name)
> > > > > >   send_as :notification
> > > > > >   from event_data[:user]
> > > > > >   recipients event_data[:target_uids]
> > > > > >   fbml render(:partial => "event/notification/" + partial_name,
> > > > > > :event => event_data[:event])
> > > > > >  end
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Note, _path() and _url() helpers work flawlessly from the
> > > > > > simple_notification method's context, but fails miserably inside
> the
> > > > > > partial. I assume this issue also exists with asset helpers.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any ideas? Am I missing something?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Nick Holland.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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