Checking redirection or the previous action

Rails
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Hi you all,
I have two actions in my controller in this way:

def list_by_bubble
Bla bla bla
redirect_to(:action => ‘list_by_filter’)
end
def list_by_filter
#To display always
Bla bla bla
#To display just the rest of the times
Bla bla bla
end

That is, the first time, user will go to list_by_bubble, and it
redirects to list_by_filter. In this method, I just one to display the
“display always stuff”, not the other. The other stuff will be executed
the rest of the times, but not this first time.
So, my question is, how can I get in “list_by_filter” if the previous
action was “list_by_bubble” or not? Or if I have reached there by a
redirection?

Thanks :smiley:

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Damaris F. wrote:

#To display just the rest of the times

Thanks :smiley:

Not sure I understand what you’re trying to do. It sounds like you might
want to have a single list action, with a default set of parameters:

def list
if #first time visited here
foo
else
bar
end
end

The condition could be set a number of ways – in the session, with a
cookie, or via a flag in the user’s record.

Hope this helps
Chris

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3

Ok, I will do that.
I thought there was any rails object to ask for that (in the request or
something)

Thanks :smiley: