Confusing situation with 'redirect_to' in Rails

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I tried to make a redirect to the '404' page.
In my filter I made a mistake and wrote:

redirect_to '404'

When i tested this, I had a strange result:
It seems like my browser was redirrected me back(I saw page, where I was before), like I'm wrote:

redirect_to :back

There are links to my picture about that:
http://oi58.tinypic.com/j62xht.jpg
http://itmages.ru/image/view/2873810/38c73083

My browser: Mozila Firefox 39.0.3

And i have a question: "Why it works?"

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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Instead of redirecting to the 404 page, I would instead raise an error that Rails catches and automatically responds with a 404.

raise ActionController::RoutingError.new('Not Found')

Check out this question: How to redirect to a 404 in Rails?

With respect to why it's sending you back, I'd look at the redirect_to documentation. It seems like it's just creating a new request that happens to hit the same place you came from.

http://apidock.com/rails/ActionController/Redirecting/redirect_to

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Aug 12 '15 at 06:41

Tom Prats

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Thanks for the good tip, i will use it, but my question is "why my mistake works?" – Алексей Титов Aug 12 '15 at 06:47
I'd want to see your other routes/server log to figure that out, but the documentation could probably help: http://apidock.com/rails/ActionController/Redirecting/redirect_to – Tom Prats Aug 12 '15 at 06:52
There is server log: http://www.everfall.com/paste/id.php?prt1pfvrae4a – Алексей Титов Aug 12 '15 at 07:22
Looks like your `check_access` before filter is sending them to the same page – Tom Prats Aug 12 '15 at 15:29
Yes, chech_access did it with: "redirect_to '404‘''. It's incorrect syntax for this method. After that, i asked myself: ‘Why this hack works?‘ Anyway, this is a bad way. P.s. If I have problems in English? – Алексей Титов Aug 13 '15 at 04:48

Confusing situation with 'redirect_to' in Rails

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