Rails 4 [removed] Having trouble with image paths

Question

I\'m trying to get the background image to change every 6 seconds and it\'s always a 404 error:

For example, the below appears in the JS console

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Answer 1

This solved my problem: Section 2.3.1 of guides.rubyonrails.org/asset_pipeline.html

$('.holder').css("background-image","url(<%= asset_path('tree-rays.jpg') %>)");

Note that tree-rays.jpg is in app/assets/images (Rails 4 Application).