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Rails Base Controller for admin

Im migrating from .net to rails and im a beginner. I have played around but cant figure out how can i create a base controller for admin namespace to share some functionality. I mean, where to put the Base class because i get errors for each try.

Thanks

Solution

  • Assume that you are using Rails 3. You can do like this.

    routes.rb

    namespace :admin do
  resources :users
end

    Here is the structure of controllers folder:

    controllers/
  application_controller.rb
  admin/
    base_admin_controller.rb
    users_controller.rb

    admin/base_admin_controller.rb:

    class Admin::BaseAdminController < ApplicationController
  protected

    def some_shared_method
      # Do something
    end
end

    You can add any methods that all admin controllers will share. Then just simply inherit the BaseAdminController class.

    admin/users_controller.rb:

    class Admin::UsersController < Admin::BaseAdminController
  def index
    some_shared_method
  end
end