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Brian Gilbank
Brian Gilbank
9,586 Points
Posted by Brian Gilbank
Brian Gilbank
9,586 Points

Social Sharing Links Rails

I am trying to add social sharing links to my rails posts, without a gem. Here is my current code:

<!-- Facebook -->

        <a onclick="javascript:window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=<%= url_for([@post, {only_path: false}]) %>', '_blank', 'width=800, height=500, top=200, left=300');void(0);"><i class="fa fa-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>

        <!-- Twitter -->

        <a onclick="javascript:window.open('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=<%= @post.title %> by @someuser - &amp;url=<%= url_for([@post, {only_path: false}]) %>', '_blank', 'width=800, height=500, top=200, left=300');void(0);"><i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i></i></a>

Facebook tries to open, then crashes and twitter gives me a page not found error. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

2 Answers

Brian Gilbank
Brian Gilbank
9,586 Points
Brian Gilbank
Brian Gilbank
9,586 Points

I Finally figured it out:

Posts Controller:

Social Sharing for Single Posts

  def original_url
     base_url + original_fullpath
  end

View:

<!-- Facebook -->

<a onclick="javascript:window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=<%= request.original_url %>', '_blank', 'width=800, height=500, top=200, left=300');void(0);"><i class="fa fa-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>

<!-- Twitter -->

<a onclick="javascript:window.open('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=<%= @post.title %> by @someuser - &amp;url=<%= request.original_url %>', '_blank', 'width=800, height=500, top=200, left=300');void(0);"><i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i></i></a>

Here is the documentation: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Request.html#method-i-original_url

Irving Amador
Irving Amador
7,488 Points
Irving Amador
Irving Amador
7,488 Points

Maybe you have to escape the the rails code, something like this:

$('some_element').replaceWith('<%= j render 'some/element_template' %>');

Here are some links about it: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/JavaScriptHelper.html http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1620113/why-escape-javascript-before-rendering-a-partial

Hope it helps.

Brian Gilbank
Brian Gilbank
9,586 Points
Brian Gilbank
Brian Gilbank
9,586 Points

Thanks Irving, I will take a look.