# ActionController without rails?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actioncontroller-without-rails/113499>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 31, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actioncontroller-without-rails/113499 "2007-08-31T19:53:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ktheory](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@ktheory](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ktheory)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actioncontroller-without-rails/113499/1 "2007-08-31T19:53:52Z")

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Hey all, does ActionController have capabilities to work without rails?  
How could get actioncontroller to process all the same things that it  
does in rails but without rails essentially…

class TestController \< ActionController::Base  
before\_filter :test  
def test  
puts ‘t’  
end

def uh  
puts ‘h’  
end  
end  
t = TestController.new

Does ActionController have a method I can call to call a target method  
(uh), and have it process everything else normally, like filters and  
such.

I’ve been reading the actioncontroller source and don’t really see  
anything obvious

thanks