How do I get the current absolute URL in Ruby on Rails?

Question

How can I get the current absolute URL in my Ruby on Rails view?

The request.request_uri only returns the relative URL

Answer 1

If you're using Rails 3.2 or Rails 4 you should use request.original_url to get the current URL.

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Documentation for the method is at http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Request.html#method-i-original_url but if you're curious the implementation is:

def original_url
  base_url + original_fullpath
end