render_anywhere
Out of the box, Rails can render templates in a controller context only. This little gem allows for calling "render" from anywhere: models, background jobs, rake tasks, you name it.
Installation
gem install render_anywhere
Usage
Put render_anywhere in your Gemfile:
gem 'render_anywhere', :require => false
In your Rails app, in a rake task, model, background job, or where ever you like, require render_anywhere, include the module and call render with the same arguments as ActionController::Base#render takes. It will return a string.
require 'render_anywhere'
class AnyClass
include RenderAnwhere
def build_html
html = render :template => 'normal/template/reference',
:layout => 'application'
html
end
end
Thanks
Yapp, whose CTO (me) kindly agreed to open source this library. App yourself!
The basic approach used here came from this gist by Julien Guimont aka juggy. Thanks!
Author
Luke Melia, @lukemelia, lukemelia.com
License
The MIT License. Copyright (c) 2011, Yapp, Inc.