Rails - How to Redirect from http://example.com to https://www.example.com

Question

I\'m looking to learn how to cleanup my app\'s URLs. My app is powered by Rails 3 on Heroku.

The desired URL is https://www.example.comite.com

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Answer 1

Rails 3.1.0 and higher has force_ssl, which is a controller method that will redirect to https for non-development environments.

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/ForceSSL/ClassMethods.html

Place it in each controller that you want to redirect, or better yet, place it in your ApplicationController:

app/controllers/application.rb:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  # ...
  force_ssl
  # ...
end

This is a good thing to always include in your apps (and of course you'll have to get a certificate). HTTPS Everywhere!