Ruby on rails, getting the URL that initiate this controller's action

Question

Inside my controller, I want to know how can I get the URL that calls my controller?

http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#path-and-url-helpers — , Aug 14 '13 at 14:53
and possible duplicate with [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2165665/how-do-i-get-the-current-url-in-ruby-on-rails](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2165665/how-do-i-get-the-current-url-in-ruby-on-rails) — epsilon, Aug 14 '13 at 14:54
@jbh that question is about the current URL, I am asking for the calling URL — Steve Ng, Aug 14 '13 at 14:58
@SteveNg You mean the referrer ? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8071913/rails-3-get-request-referrer — Baldrick, Aug 14 '13 at 15:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '13 at 15:36

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You can use

request.env['HTTP_REFERER']

or

request.referer

answered Aug 14 '13 at 15:36

Santhosh

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