Is it possible to add a javascript variable into an escape_javascript statement?

Question

I know this sounds insane. ;)

My Line :

"#{escape_javascript(content_tag(:a, "edit", :href => edit_object_payment_url(@object, "\#{payment_id}")))

Then with interpolation, I inject my variables. Payment_id is a javascript variable. Is it possible to syntactically pass that variable into this escaped_javascript statement?

Answer 1

Your Rails view won't have access to JavaScript variables, so you won't be able to call the Rails URL helper methods like edit_object_payment_url using JavaScript variables. But you could use JavaScript to construct the URL on the client side.