How do I get the list of actions available for a controller?

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I did MyController.methods and it listed EVERYTHING... things I didn't even know controllers could do!

How do I return the list of actions, such as create, edit, new, destroy, other_action, other_non_protected_or_private_method?

Using Ruby on Rails 2.3.8

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '12 at 03:01

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Use #instance_methods(false) to retrieve only controller's specific actions:

CustomController.instance_methods(false)
=> ["index", "update", "show", "custom_action", "another_action"]

Hope this helps!

answered Nov 21 '12 at 03:01

LuisVM

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score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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Not sure if this will work in 2.38 but I figured it was worth a shot:

To quote the relevant part:

To get all the actions in a controller, use action_methods

PostsController.action_methods

This will return a Set containing a list of all of the methods in your controller that are "actions" (using the same logic Rails uses to decide whether a method is a valid action to route to).

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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answered Mar 07 '12 at 21:03

ScottJShea

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How do I get the list of actions available for a controller?

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