Set the Domain or Host in Rails URL Helpers

You can explicitly set the domain with Rails URL Helpers:

app.root_url
=> "http://www.example.com/"

app.root_url(domain: 'www.customdomain.org')
=> "http://www.customdomain.org"

 

If we include the protocol in our domain argument, this brings up an interesting gotcha. Check it out:

app.root_url(domain: 'http://www.customdomain.org')
=> "http://www.http://www.customdomain.org/"

 

Thankfully, Rails gives us the host option. Host will use a Regex to remove the protocol from the argument:

app.root_url(host: 'https://www.customdomain.org')
=> "http://www.customdomain.org/"

 

Notice the output in the last example; our protocol was replaced removed and replaced with http. You can use the protocol argument to enforce your protocol on a given host:

app.root_url(host: 'http://www.customdomain.org', protocol: 'https')
=> "https://www.customdomain.org/"