Can we get request in application controller?

Rails
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Hi, I’m trying to use my application controller to define my website
object (thus helping me find which template to use, etc).

I have this code in ApplicationController

sitename = request.host
sitename = “www.” + sitename unless sitename.split(’.’)[2]
$website = Website.find_by_title( sitename )

but I get undefined local variable or method `request’ for
ApplicationController:Class

Any ideas?

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ApplicationController:Class

Any ideas?

You have it directly in ApplicationController? That’s probably not what
you want.

You probably want this:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

before_filter :determine_website

private
def determine_website
sitename = request.host
sitename = “www.” + sitename unless sitename.split(’.’)[2]
@website = Website.find_by_title( sitename )
end

end

Then you can reference @website in your actions and views.

-philip