rails 4 use application helpers inside initializers

Question

Is it possible to include / use Application Helper methods inside of an config/initializers/browser_blocker.rb?

I am using the browser gem to detect and b

Answer 1

This is one way to do it:

# lib/browser_util.rb
module BrowserUtil
  def self.supported?(browser)
    # your code ...
  end
end

and wrap that from ApplicationHelper for use in views

module ApplicationHelper
  def is_browser_supported?
    BrowserUtil.supported?(browser)
  end
end

in middleware

Rails.configuration.middleware.use Browser::Middleware do
  unless BrowserUtil.supported?(browser)
    redirect_to :controller => 'error', :action => 'browser-upgrade-required' 
  end
end

UPDATE: it does not need to be in a separate module (BrowserUtil)

module ApplicationHelper
  def self.foo
    "FOO"
  end

  def foo
    ApplicationHelper.foo
  end
end

in middleware use

ApplicationHelper.foo

in views it would use the included method

foo