Adding a url to a string

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In my app, I want to be able to send confirmation messages via email or text message depending on user preference. In those messages, there's a link for them to click to confirm.

For the emails, I put something like this in the view:

<%= link_to "Click here to confirm", confirmation_url(param stuff) %>

However, I'm not sure how to do the same thing for the text messages. I'm using the twilio-ruby gem, and I only have a string I can send for the message. Something like this doesn't work:

client = Twilio::REST::Client.new
client.messages.create({
  from: ENV['TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER'],
  to: phone_number,
  body: "Welcome to MySite.  Please click this link to confirm: #{ confirmation_url(param stuff) }
})

Basically I understand how link_to works to get the URL, but I'm not sure how to do it if I'm not in an html view context.

Appreciate any help!

Marcin Kołodziej · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-30 21:51:39Z

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You can use

Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.confirmation_url(param stuff)

answered Sep 30, 2018 at 21:51

Marcin Kołodziej

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Keirathi Over a year ago

Thanks, that worked perfectly! Just had to figure out how to set the default_url_options per environment.

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