# Getting Controller and Action Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 13, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-controller-and-action-names/47778 "2005-11-13T22:11:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-controller-and-action-names/47778/1 "2005-11-13T22:11:25Z")
I figured it would be the easiest thing to do but for some odd reason I am having a hard time to figure out how to do this. I can get the action using @action\_name but I can’t get the controller using @controller\_name. What is the correct way to go about doing this? Thanks for your help. Your Friend, John K. – [http://www.soen.info](http://www.soen.info) - where software engineering knowledge gets indexed [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference ---
**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-controller-and-action-names/47778/2 "2005-11-13T22:14:25Z")
I use the following and it seems to work: @params[:controller] Regards, Michael John K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: I figured it would be the easiest thing to do but for some odd reason I am having a hard time to figure out how to do this. I can get the action using @action\_name but I can’t get the controller using @controller\_name. What is the correct way to go about doing this? Thanks for your help. Your Friend, John K. – [http://www.soen.info](http://www.soen.info) - where software engineering knowledge gets indexed [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference ---
**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-controller-and-action-names/47778/3 "2005-11-13T22:20:26Z")
I use controller.controller\_name ---
**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-controller-and-action-names/47778/4 "2005-11-13T22:17:26Z")
And to see the other params available: \<%= debug(params) %\> within your view. Regards, Michael John K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: I figured it would be the easiest thing to do but for some odd reason I am having a hard time to figure out how to do this. I can get the action using @action\_name but I can’t get the controller using @controller\_name. What is the correct way to go about doing this? Thanks for your help. Your Friend, John K. – [http://www.soen.info](http://www.soen.info) - where software engineering knowledge gets indexed [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference ---
**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-controller-and-action-names/47778/5 "2005-11-13T22:23:26Z")
Not sure why my last reply didn’t get to this list. I’ll try again - if it shows up then sorry for the duplicate post: @params[:controller] Regards, Michael John K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: I figured it would be the easiest thing to do but for some odd reason I am having a hard time to figure out how to do this. I can get the action using @action\_name but I can’t get the controller using @controller\_name. What is the correct way to go about doing this? Thanks for your help. Your Friend, John K. – [http://www.soen.info](http://www.soen.info) - where software engineering knowledge gets indexed [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference ---
**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-controller-and-action-names/47778/6 "2005-11-13T22:50:27Z")
On Sun, 2005-11-13 at 13:12 -0800, Michael wrote: > I use the following and it seems to work: > > @params[:controller] Michael, Just a quick, FYI… @params, @request, etc… are deprecated.[1] You can and should now use params, request, etc. [1] [http://rubyurl.com/xaG](http://rubyurl.com/xaG) (params v.s. @params in rails?) Cheers, Robby ---
**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-controller-and-action-names/47778/7 "2005-11-14T00:41:36Z")
Thank you Robby! Interestingly, I am new to Rails - I think I got the info from the agile book. I will switch accordingly… Michael Robby R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: On Sun, 2005-11-13 at 13:12 -0800, Michael wrote: > I use the following and it seems to work: > > @params[:controller] Michael, Just a quick, FYI… @params, @request, etc… are deprecated.[1] You can and should now use params, request, etc. [1] [http://rubyurl.com/xaG](http://rubyurl.com/xaG) (params v.s. @params in rails?) Cheers, Robby