Rails, How to render a view/partial in a model

Question

In my model I have:

after_create :push_create

I push_create I need to render a view. I\'m trying to do that like so:

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Answer 1

The render methods are defined on the ActiveController class and its progeny. Inherently you do not have access to it on the model, nor is it a class method so you can't use it without an instance of the controller.

I've never tried to instantiate a controller for the express purpose of simply stringifying a partial, but if you can get your hands on a controller, render_to_string seems to be the way to go.

I will chime in by saying that if you're going down this path you're taking RoR "off the Rails". This is a violation of MVC and fundamentally poor program design.This doesn't mean I think you're a bad person :P Sometimes life drives us off the rails, so to speak.

I can't speak to the details that have driven you to do this, but I'd strongly suggest you rethink your approach.