# How can I get the current url i'm looking at?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-current-url-im-looking-at/160476>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 16, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-current-url-im-looking-at/160476 "2009-02-16T20:38:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-current-url-im-looking-at/160476/1 "2009-02-16T20:38:18Z")

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How can I get the current url i’m looking at? I need it to return there  
later.

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**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-current-url-im-looking-at/160476/2 "2009-02-16T23:14:07Z")

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You can always look at your browser’s address bar or bookmark it.

Or, within the context of Rails,

[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/AbstractRequest.html#M000469](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/AbstractRequest.html#M000469)

On Feb 16, 2:38 pm, John S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)