Re: [Rails] Best way to tell if you're running in a webapp environment?

Hi Mat,

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Mat Brown <mat@patch.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a recommended way to tell from within your Rails app whether
> the app is running as a webapp vs. some other environment (rake task,
> console, background worker, etc.)? I can't think of anything better
> than just grepping $0, but that seems pretty fragile

Take a look at the ActionController::Request methods. The request
headers would be where I'd start. Seems like request.remote_ip should
let you know whether requests are coming from inside or outside your
server.

HTH,
Bill

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