How can I reload the current page in Ruby on Rails?

Question

I currently have a login popup in my header bar which is on every page in my website. I want to be able to reload the current page that the person is on after a successful

Answer 1

Rails 5 introduced alternative function:

redirect_back(fallback_location: root_path)

It redirect back whenever the HTTP_REFERER is known. Otherwise it redirects to the fallback_location.

The redirect_to :back is deprecated in Rails 5.0 https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22506 and removed since Rails 5.1