{"id":3417,"date":"2010-03-07T22:03:12","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T13:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pistolfly.com\/weblog\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2017-07-31T12:04:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T03:04:37","slug":"using-helper-methods-outside-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pistolfly.com\/weblog\/en\/2010\/03\/using-helper-methods-outside-views.html","title":{"rendered":"Using helper methods outside views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Rails-2.1 or later, you can use helper methods outside of views such as in controllers or models like below.<\/p>\n<p>In class level of controllers or in models:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint\">ApplicationController.helpers.&lt;helper method&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>In instance methods of controllers:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint\">self.class.helpers.&lt;helper method&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Source:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/api.rubyonrails.org\/classes\/ActionController\/Helpers\/ClassMethods.html\" target=\"_blank\">Module: ActionController::Helpers::ClassMethods<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Rails-2.1 or later, you can use helper methods outside of views such as in controllers or models like below &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pistolfly.com\/weblog\/en\/2010\/03\/using-helper-methods-outside-views.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Using helper methods outside views<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"1041","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ruby-on-rails","en-US"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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