# Eruby - How to get my grubby mittens on the URL? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 1, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-how-to-get-my-grubby-mittens-on-the-url/118973 "2007-11-01T21:05:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-how-to-get-my-grubby-mittens-on-the-url/118973/1 "2007-11-01T21:05:35Z")
Hi all! 8) Suppose I have some ruby code in a .rhtml -file, which is processed by eruby. How can I get the url string of the page? (so I can chop it up). Whats a good place for reference on this? Csmr ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-how-to-get-my-grubby-mittens-on-the-url/118973/2 "2007-11-01T21:42:25Z")
> Suppose I have some ruby code in a .rhtml -file, which is processed by > eruby. > > How can I get the url string of the page? (so I can chop it up). > > Whats a good place for reference on this? A good place for reference on it is the Rails list at Google G.: [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk) – Giles B. Blog: [http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com](http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com) Portfolio: [http://www.gilesgoatboy.org](http://www.gilesgoatboy.org) Tumblelog: [http://giles.tumblr.com/](http://giles.tumblr.com/) ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-how-to-get-my-grubby-mittens-on-the-url/118973/3 "2007-11-01T21:43:35Z")
Casimir P wrote: > I think this depends somewhat on your environment (it’s different if you are running from the command line versus on a web server, for example), but try adding puts ENV.inspect in your .rhtml file and that should help you find what you need. -Justin ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 9:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-how-to-get-my-grubby-mittens-on-the-url/118973/4 "2007-11-03T09:43:16Z")
On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:42:59 -0500, justincollins wrote: > Casimir P wrote: > > Suppose I have some ruby code in a .rhtml -file, which is processed by > > eruby. How can I get the url string of the page? (so I can chop it up). > I think this depends somewhat on your environment [deleted some] > but try adding > > puts ENV.inspect Yup. Hehe, kinda simple. Didnt find anything in-depth, but there was enough in what I think most call the pickaxe. > **[Ruby-Doc.org: Documenting the Ruby Language](https://ruby-doc.org/docs/)** > > Fast, searchable Ruby documentation for core and standard libraries. Plus, links to tutorials, guides, books, and related sites. ProgrammingRuby/html/web.html (see code example at the end of “Using Eruby”). What I wanted was to see what URI was requested, the bit after the domain, ie.: \<% puts ENV[“REQUEST\_URI”] %\> Now, if I only could figure out how to redirect _all_ requests to one and the same .rhtml in the site root without actually rewriting the url user sees… Already caused a few infinite redirect loops 8) ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-how-to-get-my-grubby-mittens-on-the-url/118973/5 "2007-11-03T14:24:33Z")
On 11/3/07, Casimir P [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > \<% puts ENV[“REQUEST\_URI”] %\> > > Now, if I only could figure out how to redirect _all_ requests to one and > the same .rhtml in the site root without actually rewriting the url user > sees… Already caused a few infinite redirect loops 8) For an Apache example, see any rails application (even an empty one), go to /public/ and read .htaccess ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-how-to-get-my-grubby-mittens-on-the-url/118973/6 "2007-11-04T14:05:57Z")
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:23:39 -0500, jan.svitok wrote: > On 11/3/07, Casimir P [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:42:59 -0500, justincollins wrote: > > > > > Casimir P wrote: > > > > > > How can I get the url string of the page? > > > > > > puts ENV.inspect > > ie.: \<% puts ENV[“REQUEST\_URI”] %\> > > > > Now, if I only could figure out how to redirect _all_ requests to one > > and the same .rhtml in the site root without actually rewriting the url > > user sees… Already caused a few infinite redirect loops 8) > > For an Apache example, see any rails application (even an empty one), go > to /public/ and read .htaccess Afaik rails != eruby, but yeah, .htaccess redirects is how I managed the infinite redirect loops 8) something like “RedirectMatch (.\*) pageengine.rhtml” etc. 🙂 Just want the user and spiders to see /pagename/ while in fact all requests are handled by one file at the root… But this is sorta offtopic so I guess I’ll take this to regexpo or apache group if I dont get it working on my own. Thanks for the input, everybody. Csmr