using url_for in a lib folder module

Question

I have a model with a field called \"type\" and a field called \"value\". The type field will determine how the \"value\" is parsed before rendering. I want this to be easily ex

Answer 1

Victory!

include ActionView::Helpers
include ActionDispatch::Routing
include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers

via http://apidock.com/rails/ActionController/UrlWriter

Answer 2

An alternative to url_for you can use Rails.application.routes.url_helpers just add in route :as like the following example:

get "sessions/destroy/:param_id", as: :logout 

so you can use it as following:

Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.logout_path(:param_id => your_value)

This will do the same as url_for

Hopefully, this would help