Rails forward action

gistfile1.builder

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  helper :all # include all helpers, all the time
  protect_from_forgery # See ActionController::RequestForgeryProtection for details

  # Scrub sensitive parameters from your log
  # filter_parameter_logging :password

  protected
  #
  def forward_action(action_name)
    raise "Unknown action: #{action_name}" unless self.respond_to?(action_name)

    self.action_name = request.path_parameters['action'] = action_name.to_s
    __send__(action_name)
  end
end

This snippet brings the similar feature to JavaServlet's forward() to Rails. It was not enough to just call the action method inside of the requested action. It had to set the destination action name to the current request object as well as ActionController#action_name. Otherwise url_for() keeps to address the requested action path.

may work with 2.3 only.