How do I get the current absolute URL in Ruby on Rails?

**For Rails 3.2 or Rails 4**
Simply get in this way "request.original_url"
Reference: [Original URL Method][1]

**For Rails 3**
As request.url is deprecated.We can get absolute path by concatenating

"#{request.protocol}#{request.host_with_port}#{request.fullpath}"

**For Rails 2**

request.url


[1]:

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You could use `url_for(only_path: false)`

### For Rails 3.2 or Rails 4+

You should use `request.original_url` to get the current URL. Source code on current repo found [here][1].

This method is documented at [original_url method](

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), but if you're curious, the implementation is:

def original_url
base_url + original_fullpath
end

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### For Rails 3:


You can write `"#{request.protocol}#{request.host_with_port}#{request.fullpath}"`, since `request.url` is now deprecated.

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### For Rails 2:

You can write `request.url` instead of `request.request_uri`. This combines the protocol (usually http://) with the host, and request_uri to give you the full address.


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If you're using **Rails 3.2** or **Rails 4**, you should use `request.original_url` to get the current URL.


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Documentation for the method is at

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, but if you're curious, the implementation is:

def original_url
base_url + original_fullpath
end

**EDIT**: This is still the case for **Rails 7** ([Docs](

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)).