Controller not recognizing installed Gem

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Okay, I know this is a bit of a simple question, but I can't seem to get it to work. I have installed the SmarterCSV gem in my Rails 4 app and am trying to use it in my controller like so:

SmarterCSV.process("/files/csv_file.csv")

I can do this exact process in the rails console for this app, but I cannot seem to get it to work in my controller. Every time I just get the Rails Dead Screen saying uninitialized constant MyController::SmarterCSV. I have tried adding the line

require 'smarter_csv'

But that also breaks to the Rails Dead Screen with the error cannot load such file -- smarter_csv

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Im not entirely sure what I can do...

Yup lol. It's in the gem file, it bundled, all good there. I can use it in console without needing to require it — Zubatman, Jul 16 '15 at 01:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 16 '15 at 01:21

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you can try require 'smarter_csv/smarter_csv' as this is the path of the file in the gem https://github.com/tilo/smarter_csv/blob/master/lib/smarter_csv/smarter_csv.rb

answered Jul 16 '15 at 01:21

bigsolom

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Same LoadError as before – Zubatman Jul 16 '15 at 01:30
Did you use `require: false` while adding the gem in your `Gemfile` ? – bigsolom Jul 21 '15 at 09:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '19 at 20:23

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Don't forget to restart your application after bundle install

answered Jul 04 '19 at 20:23

Ahmed Kamal

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