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-rw-r--r--actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb2
-rw-r--r--actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb91
2 files changed, 75 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb
index 6c6f8381ff..cef65a362c 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
module ActionController
- module BasicImplicitRender
+ module BasicImplicitRender # :nodoc:
def send_action(method, *args)
super.tap { default_render unless performed? }
end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb
index 17fcc2fa02..1f0179a287 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb
@@ -1,29 +1,80 @@
+require 'active_support/core_ext/string/strip'
+
module ActionController
+ # Handles implicit rendering for a controller action when it did not
+ # explicitly indicate an appropiate response via methods such as +render+,
+ # +respond_to+, +redirect+ or +head+.
+ #
+ # For API controllers, the implicit render always renders "204 No Content"
+ # and does not account for any templates.
+ #
+ # For other controllers, the following conditions are checked:
+ #
+ # First, if a template exists for the controller action, it is rendered.
+ # This template lookup takes into account the action name, locales, format,
+ # variant, template handlers, etc. (see +render+ for details).
+ #
+ # Second, if other templates exist for the controller action but is not in
+ # the right format (or variant, etc.), an <tt>ActionController::UnknownFormat</tt>
+ # is raised. The list of available templates is assumed to be a complete
+ # enumeration of all the possible formats (or variants, etc.); that is,
+ # having only HTML and JSON templates indicate that the controller action is
+ # not meant to handle XML requests.
+ #
+ # Third, if the current request is an "interactive" browser request (the user
+ # navigated here by entering the URL in the address bar, submiting a form,
+ # clicking on a link, etc. as opposed to an XHR or non-browser API request),
+ # <tt>ActionView::UnknownFormat</tt> is raised to display a helpful error
+ # message.
+ #
+ # Finally, it falls back to the same "204 No Content" behavior as API controllers.
module ImplicitRender
+ # :stopdoc:
include BasicImplicitRender
- # Renders the template corresponding to the controller action, if it exists.
- # The action name, format, and variant are all taken into account.
- # For example, the "new" action with an HTML format and variant "phone"
- # would try to render the <tt>new.html+phone.erb</tt> template.
- #
- # If no template is found <tt>ActionController::BasicImplicitRender</tt>'s implementation is called, unless
- # a block is passed. In that case, it will override the super implementation.
- #
- # default_render do
- # head 404 # No template was found
- # end
def default_render(*args)
if template_exists?(action_name.to_s, _prefixes, variants: request.variant)
render(*args)
- else
- if block_given?
- yield(*args)
- else
- logger.info "No template found for #{self.class.name}\##{action_name}, rendering head :no_content" if logger
- super
+ elsif any_templates?(action_name.to_s, _prefixes)
+ message = "#{self.class.name}\##{action_name} does not know how to repond " \
+ "to this request. There are other templates available for this controller " \
+ "action but none of them were suitable for this request.\n\n" \
+ "This usually happens when the client requested an unsupported format " \
+ "(e.g. requesting HTML content from a JSON endpoint or vice versa), but " \
+ "it might also be failing due to other constraints, such as locales or" \
+ "variants.\n"
+
+ if request.formats.any?
+ message << "\nRequested format(s): #{request.formats.join(", ")}"
end
+
+ if request.variant.any?
+ message << "\nRequested variant(s): #{request.variant.join(", ")}"
+ end
+
+ raise ActionController::UnknownFormat, message
+ elsif interactive_browser_request?
+ message = "You did not define any templates for #{self.class.name}\##{action_name}. " \
+ "This is not necessarily a problem (e.g. you might be building an API endpoint " \
+ "that does not require any templates), and the controller would usually respond " \
+ "with `head :no_content` for your convenience.\n\n" \
+ "However, you appear to have navigated here from an interactive browser request – " \
+ "such as by navigating to this URL directly, clicking on a link or submitting a form. " \
+ "Rendering a `head :no_content` in this case could have resulted in unexpected UI " \
+ "behavior in the browser.\n\n" \
+ "If you expected the `head :no_content` response, you do not need to take any " \
+ "actions – requests coming from an XHR (AJAX) request or other non-browser clients " \
+ "will receive the \"204 No Content\" response as expected.\n\n" \
+ "If you did not expect this behavior, you can resolve this error by adding a " \
+ "template for this controller action (usually `#{action_name}.html.erb`) or " \
+ "otherwise indicate the appropriate response in the action using `render`, " \
+ "`redirect_to`, `head`, etc.\n"
+
+ raise ActionController::UnknownFormat, message
+ else
+ logger.info "No template found for #{self.class.name}\##{action_name}, rendering head :no_content" if logger
+ super
end
end
@@ -32,5 +83,11 @@ module ActionController
"default_render"
end
end
+
+ private
+
+ def interactive_browser_request?
+ request.format == Mime[:html] && !request.xhr?
+ end
end
end