Can I get the name of the current controller in the view?

Question

Is there a way to figure out what the current controller is from within the view?

For an example of why I would want to know this: if several controllers share the s

Answer 1

#to get controller name:
<%= controller.controller_name %>
#=> 'users'

#to get action name, it is the method:
<%= controller.action_name %>
#=> 'show'


#to get id information:
<%= ActionController::Routing::Routes.recognize_path(request.url)[:id] %>
#=> '23'

# or display nicely
<%= debug Rails.application.routes.recognize_path(request.url) %>

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