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Get Previous Route in Rails 3/4+ App
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Get Previous Route in Rails
ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
after_filter :set_route_info
def set_route_info
session[:return_to] = request.url
prev_route = Rails.application.routes.recognize_path(URI(session[:return_to]).path)
session[:previous_controller] = prev_route[:action]
session[:previous_action] = prev_route[:action]
end
end
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