Add custom methods to Rails 3.1 asset pipeline?

Question

How can I add my custom methods to my assets such as css files like Rails did with \'asset_path\' helper?

With Rail\'s own helper, I can write this:

Answer 1

The best way I found was to create a custom helper module in app/helpers:

module AssetsHelper
  def my_custom_helper_method
    # do something  
  end
end

And then to require it like this in application.rb, after your applications configuration (very bottom):

module Sprockets::Helpers::RailsHelper
  require Rails.root.join('app', 'helpers', 'assets_helper.rb')
  include AssetsHelper
end

And you might follow this issue to find a better way: https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/3282