# ActionView::TemplateError (undefined method \`url\_for'

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionview-templateerror-undefined-method-url-for/49476>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 5, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionview-templateerror-undefined-method-url-for/49476 "2005-12-05T05:28:15Z")\
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Wow, this is driving me crazy. I keep getting this error:

ActionView::TemplateError (undefined method `url\_for’ for  
#Notifier:0x40755260) on line #0 of  
app/views/notifier/link\_added.rhtml:

Absolutely nowhere in that template (or the ActionMailer) is ‘url\_for’,  
nor any other methods. The  
template just outputs variables. Notifier (an ActionMailer) just assigns  
the vars. In my  
controller I have:

def create  
…  
Notifier::deliver\_link\_added(@site, @link,  
url\_for({:controller=\>‘link’, :action=\>‘edit’,  
:id=\>@link.id}))

redirect\_to({:controller =\> ‘link’, :action =\> ‘added’, :id =\>  
@link.id})  
…  
end

Furthering my insanity, I get one of three different results:

1. Application error with the aforementioned error in the log.
2. Link gets created, but Notifier’s link\_added template gets displayed  
for link#added rather than  
view/link/added.rhtml
3. Everything works fine!

Restarting SCGI usually lets #3 or #2 happen again, but adding  
additional links thereafter usually  
results in #1.

csn

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