awesome_back_url
Redirect to proper back URL for your Rails applications. In case if you want to redirect user not to "edit" or "new" page from "show" after creation, but to "index" or other specific URL.
Usage
Options:
awesome_back_path(path = request.referrer, only: nil, except: nil, fallback: :back)- "path" - destination to redirect user
- "only" - regexp of allowed paths
- "except" - regexp of disallowed paths
- "fallback" - if path is incorrect (not allowed or not in allowed) redirect to this url.
Samples:
link_to 'Back', awesome_back_path(except: /\/new|\/edit/, fallback: users_path) # returns '/users'
link_to 'Back', awesome_back_path('/path', except: /\/new/, fallback: '/users') # returns '/path'
link_to 'Back', awesome_back_path('/path/new', except: /\/new|\/edit/, fallback: '/users') # returns '/users'
link_to 'Back', awesome_back_path('/path/edit', except: /\/new|\/edit/, fallback: '/users') # returns '/users'
link_to 'Back', awesome_back_path('/path', only: /\/new|\/edit/, fallback: '/users') # returns '/users'
link_to 'Back', awesome_back_url('/path', fallback: '/users') # returns '/path' Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'awesome_back_url'And then execute:
$ bundleContributing
You are welcome to contribute.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
