How to use javascript_include_tag to get all scripts in a folder

Question

Hi guys,

I'd like to use javascript_include_tag to grab all view related scripts using recursion, which a placed in public/javascripts/views.

I'm trying javascript_include_tag "/views", :recursive => true, but failed to add any script.

Regards, Alexey Zakharov

Answer 1

According to the API documentation of javascript_include_tag:

Returns an html script tag for each of the sources provided.

You can pass in the filename (.js extension is optional) of javascript files that exist in your public/javascripts directory for inclusion into the current page or you can pass the full path relative to your document root.

You cannot recursively include all files in your directory. However, you always can write something like the next line:

javascript_include_tag *Dir[Rails.root.join("public/javascripts/views/**/*.js")]

Answer 2

You can use

<%= javascript_include_tag :all %>

But this will work only if the scripts are stored in your

RAILS_ROOT/public/javascripts

directory