# Listing actions of the controller **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 30, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/listing-actions-of-the-controller/136294 "2008-04-30T15:04:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saravanankrishnan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/listing-actions-of-the-controller/136294/1 "2008-04-30T15:04:01Z")
Hi to all, Is it possible to list out all the actions inside the controller. Thanks in Advance Saravanan ---
**Author:** ![saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saravanankrishnan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/listing-actions-of-the-controller/136294/2 "2008-04-30T15:10:12Z")
hi saravanan! Saravanan K. [2008-04-30 15:04]: > Is it possible to list out all the actions inside the controller. > YourController.public\_instance\_methods(false) hth jens – Jens W., Dipl.-Bibl. (FH) prometheus - Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre Kunsthistorisches Institut der Universität zu KölnAlbertus-Magnus-Platz, D-50923 KölnTel.: +49 (0)221 470-6668, E-Mail: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://www.prometheus-bildarchiv.de/](http://www.prometheus-bildarchiv.de/) ---
**Author:** ![saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saravanankrishnan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/listing-actions-of-the-controller/136294/3 "2008-04-30T15:11:23Z")
Hi – On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Saravanan K. wrote: > Hi to all, > > Is it possible to list out all the actions inside the controller. I don’t know whether there’s anything higher lever, but from inside an action try this: self.class.instance\_methods(false) It won’t, of course, mention cases where you’ve got a template but no action definition… but it’s not such a bad idea to put empty actions in your controller for those cases anyway. (At least, I like to.) David – Rails training from David A. Black and Ruby Power and Light: INTRO TO RAILS June 9-12 Berlin ADVANCING WITH RAILS June 16-19 Berlin INTRO TO RAILS June 24-27 London (Skills Matter) See [http://www.rubypal.com](http://www.rubypal.com) for details and updates! ---
**Author:** ![saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saravanankrishnan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/listing-actions-of-the-controller/136294/4 "2008-04-30T16:01:40Z")
Visit Indonesia 2008 wrote: > and how to get method in private, i run your scripts above, and they > only show public method. Thank you > > Reinhart > [Http://teapoci.blogspot.com](Http://teapoci.blogspot.com) to get method in private, UploadController.private\_instance\_methods(false) to get method in protected, UploadController.protected\_instance\_methods(false) ---
**Author:** ![saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saravanankrishnan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/listing-actions-of-the-controller/136294/5 "2008-04-30T15:23:00Z")
and how to get method in private, i run your scripts above, and they only show public method. Thank you Reinhart [Http://teapoci.blogspot.com](Http://teapoci.blogspot.com) ---
**Author:** ![saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saravanankrishnan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/listing-actions-of-the-controller/136294/6 "2008-04-30T16:32:14Z")
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Saravanan K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi to all, > > Is it possible to list out all the actions inside the controller. This is how I did it once when I needed them as options for a select: [http://destiney.com/blog/rubyonrails-get-public-actions-from-a-controller](http://destiney.com/blog/rubyonrails-get-public-actions-from-a-controller) – Greg D. [http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/) ---
**Author:** ![saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saravanankrishnan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/listing-actions-of-the-controller/136294/7 "2008-04-30T16:36:24Z")
On 30 Apr 2008, at 14:10, David A. Black wrote: > I don’t know whether there’s anything higher lever, but from inside an > action try this: > > self.class.instance\_methods(false) Maybe SomeController.action\_methods ? (subject of course to the same caveats you give below) Fred ---
**Author:** ![saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saravanankrishnan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/listing-actions-of-the-controller/136294/8 "2008-04-30T18:33:23Z")
Hi – On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Frederick C. wrote: > > > Hi to all, > > > caveats you give below) > > > I KNEW Rails must have gotten there before me 🙂 I’m just such a > > > low-level kind of person… David – Rails training from David A. Black and Ruby Power and Light: INTRO TO RAILS June 9-12 Berlin ADVANCING WITH RAILS June 16-19 Berlin INTRO TO RAILS June 24-27 London (Skills Matter) See [http://www.rubypal.com](http://www.rubypal.com) for details and updates! ---
**Author:** ![saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@saravanankrishnan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saravanankrishnan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/listing-actions-of-the-controller/136294/9 "2008-04-30T17:06:11Z")
Frederick C. [2008-04-30 16:35]: > Maybe SomeController.action\_methods ? > this includes inherited and included methods as well (namely from > ApplicationController, which seems undesirable). OTOH, it respects > hidden actions. so, to combine the two: SomeController.public\_instance\_methods(false) - SomeController.hidden\_actions oh, one more thing: if you have filter\_parameter\_logging in your controller, filter\_parameters will be added to that controller’s public instance methods. cheers jens