How do I get the current absolute URL in Ruby on Rails?

Question

How can I get the current absolute URL in my Ruby on Rails view?

The request.request_uri only returns the relative URL

Answer 1

To get the absolute URL which means that the from the root it can be displayed like this

<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_user_url(user) %>

The users_url helper generates a URL that includes the protocol and host name. The users_path helper generates only the path portion.

users_url: http://localhost/users
users_path: /users