Rails, how to get the route name from the actual request (routing reverse lookup)

Question

I have the actual request and I would like to know the name of the route that Rails has resolved.

For example, if I have this route:

front_page GET    /front/pages/:id(.:format)

And the actual request is:

/front/pages/10 (GET)

I would like to have as result:

front_page

There are similar questions in SO like http://stackoverflow.com/q/1203892/316700 and http://stackoverflow.com/q/5231027/316700 but the are not returning the **route name** — fguillen, Aug 04 '13 at 15:31

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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IMHO you could use the code explained by KinOfCain on How can I find out the current route in Rails?

Rails.application.routes.router.recognize(request){ |route, matches, parameters| puts route.name }

The router is not storing the route recognized in any place at least I wasn't able to find it

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

Community

answered Aug 04 '13 at 20:41

user2651174

@fguillen The same approach does not work [here](http://stackoverflow.com/q/42691729/1610034), any thoughts? – Saurabh Mar 14 '17 at 08:00

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