# Plugin Controller Method never called

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [April 19, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815 "2016-04-19T11:14:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![EndruK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/endruk/32/50211_2.png) [@EndruK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EndruK)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/1 "2016-04-19T11:14:52Z")

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I there,  
I want to create a plugin with new routes and an own server-controller.  
My problem is that discourse knows that there is the controller and expects the method for the route.  
But the code in my controller method is never called. ☹

plugin:

```plaintext
Disraptor::Engine.routes.draw do
  root to: "disraptor#show"
  get /testroute => "disraptor#show"
end

Discourse::Application.routes.prepend do
  mount Disraptor::Engine, at: "/"
end

```

Controller:

```plaintext
class Disraptor::DisraptorController < ApplicationController
  def show
    #never gets called :(
    Rails.logger.info "test"
  end
end

```

I don’t know whats the problem here, I just want to mount my plugin Engine at the root route and add an additional route and do some stuff on the server.

This guy has the same problem that his controller method never gets called:  
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-wanted-on-plugin-controller/40258](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-wanted-on-plugin-controller/40258)

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### Author: ![joebuhlig](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joebuhlig/32/193054_2.png) [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/2 "2016-04-19T14:28:14Z")

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i haven’t tried mounting at the root level, but here’s how I’m doing in the voting plugin:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse-topic-voting/blob/main/plugin.rb#L219>

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse-topic-voting/blob/main/config/routes.rb#L1>

[https://github.com/joebuhlig/discourse-feature-voting/blob/master/app/controllers/discourse\_feature\_voting/votes\_controller.rb#L5](https://github.com/joebuhlig/discourse-feature-voting/blob/master/app/controllers/discourse_feature_voting/votes_controller.rb#L5)

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### Author: ![joebuhlig](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joebuhlig/32/193054_2.png) [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/3 "2016-04-19T17:52:06Z")

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Pardon the double reply. I was looking at this again and it looks like you’re trying to overwrite the root url for the whole thing. You’re mounting the engine at the root and then assigning a new root controller/method within the engine. Is that what you’re trying to do? There’s likely going to be a collision there of some kind.

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### Author: ![EndruK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/endruk/32/50211_2.png) [@EndruK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EndruK)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/4 "2016-04-20T13:36:33Z")

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Thank you for your answer.  
Yeah I also tried to mount it at a different route  
this is my plugin.rb now:

```plaintext
enabled_site_setting :disraptor_enabled
register_asset 'stylesheets/disraptor.scss'

add_admin_route 'disraptor.title', 'disraptor'

load File.expand_path('../lib/disraptor.rb', __FILE__ )
load File.expand_path('../lib/disraptor/engine.rb', __FILE__ )

after_initialize do
  require_dependency "application_controller"
  load File.expand_path('../lib/disraptor/route.rb', __FILE__ )
  load File.expand_path('../lib/disraptor/route_serializer.rb', __FILE__ )
  Discourse::Application.routes.append do
    mount ::Disraptor::Engine, at: "/disraptor"
    # add the routes for the admin interface
    get "/admin/plugins/disraptor" => "route#index", constraints: AdminConstraint.new
    get "/admin/plugins/disraptor/routes" => "route#index", constraints: AdminConstraint.new
    post "/admin/plugins/disraptor/routes" => "route#create", constraints: AdminConstraint.new
    get "/admin/plugins/disraptor/routes/:id" => "route#show", constraints: AdminConstraint.new
    put "/admin/plugins/disraptor/routes/:id" => "route#update", constraints: AdminConstraint.new
    delete "/admin/plugins/disraptor/routes/:id" => "route#destroy", constraints: AdminConstraint.new
  end
end

```

and the routes.rb:

```plaintext
Disraptor::Engine.routes.draw do
  root to: 'disraptor#show'
  get '/disraptor' => 'disraptor#show'
end

```

and my disraptor\_controller.rb:

```plaintext
module Disraptor
  class DisraptorController < ::ApplicationController
    requires_plugin Disraptor.plugin_name
    layout 'disraptor'
    
    def show
      Rails.logger.info "test"
    end
  end
end

```

the stuff for the admin routes works but not for the disraptor controller.  
Does this problem maybe has something to do with the engine?

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### Author: ![joebuhlig](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joebuhlig/32/193054_2.png) [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2016, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/5 "2016-04-22T10:35:05Z")

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Can you share the error trace it gives you?

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### Author: ![EndruK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/endruk/32/50211_2.png) [@EndruK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EndruK)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/6 "2016-04-27T14:44:10Z")

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Hi, there is no error trace at all but here is what I tried next:

I tried it again with a fresh installation of discourse.  
Then I just added a new plugin folder with a plugib.rb:

```plaintext
# name: Disraptor
# about: A super simple plugin to demonstrate how plugins work
# version: 0.0.1
# authors: Awesome Plugin Developer

enabled_site_setting :disraptor_enabled

# load the engine
load File.expand_path('../lib/disraptor/engine.rb', __FILE__ )

after_initialize do
  Discourse::Application.routes.append do
    mount ::Disraptor::Engine, at: "/disraptor"
  end
end

```

engine.rb:

```plaintext
module Disraptor
  class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
    isolate_namespace Disraptor
  end
end

```

routes.rb:

```plaintext
Disraptor::Engine.routes.draw do
  root to: "site#showroute"
  get "/test" => "site#showroute"
end

```

site\_controller.rb:

```plaintext
module Disraptor
  class SiteController < ::ApplicationController
    requires_plugin 'Disraptor'
    def showroute
      render text: "test"
      Rails.logger.info "test"
    end
  end
end

```

and a settings.yml:

```plaintext
plugins:
  disraptor_enabled:
    default: true
    client: true

```

the code in the showroute method also never gets called.  
this is the log-print when I access [http://localhost:4000/disraptor/test](http://localhost:4000/disraptor/test).  
At least I would expect the info-log print from the controller somewhere here.

```plaintext
Listening on 0.0.0.0:3000, CTRL+C to stop
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:14.024166 #1804] DEBUG -- : 
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:14.032335 #1804] DEBUG -- : 
I, [2016-04-27T10:25:14.033077 #1804] INFO -- : Started GET "/disraptor/test" for 10.0.2.2 at 2016-04-27 10:25:14 -0400
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.032232 #1804] DEBUG -- : ActiveRecord::SchemaMigration Load (2.5ms) SELECT "schema_migrations".* FROM "schema_migrations"
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.267561 #1804] DEBUG -- : Permalink Exists (2.7ms) SELECT 1 AS one FROM "permalinks" WHERE "permalinks"."url" = 'disraptor/test' LIMIT 1 [["url", "disraptor/test"]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.301483 #1804] INFO -- : Processing by Disraptor::SiteController#showroute as HTML
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.312852 #1804] DEBUG -- : User Load (3.0ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."auth_token" = 'ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9' LIMIT 1 [["auth_token", "ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9"]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.564756 #1804] DEBUG -- : (2.5ms) SELECT "groups"."id", "groups"."name" FROM "groups" ORDER BY "groups"."name" ASC
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.593559 #1804] DEBUG -- : (6.5ms) SELECT categories.id FROM "categories" WHERE "categories"."read_restricted" = 't' [["read_restricted", true]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.606627 #1804] DEBUG -- : Category Load (6.0ms) SELECT categories.*, t.slug topic_slug FROM "categories" LEFT JOIN topics t on t.id = categories.topic_id WHERE (NOT categories.read_restricted or categories.id in (2,4)) ORDER BY "categories"."position" ASC
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.607889 #1804] DEBUG -- : UserVisit Load (3.6ms) SELECT "user_visits".* FROM "user_visits" WHERE "user_visits"."user_id" = 2 AND "user_visits"."visited_at" = '2016-04-27' LIMIT 1 [["user_id", 2], ["visited_at", Wed, 27 Apr 2016]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.665444 #1804] DEBUG -- : (8.4ms) SELECT "categories"."id" FROM "categories"
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.690818 #1804] DEBUG -- : (2.5ms) SELECT "category_users"."category_id", "category_users"."notification_level" FROM "category_users" WHERE "category_users"."user_id" = 2
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.706722 #1804] DEBUG -- : SQL (43.7ms) UPDATE "users" SET "last_seen_at" = '2016-04-27 14:25:15.363892' WHERE "users"."id" = 2 [["id", 2]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.708963 #1804] DEBUG -- : PostActionType Load (2.7ms) SELECT "post_action_types".* FROM "post_action_types" ORDER BY position asc
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.834216 #1804] DEBUG -- : (2.5ms) SELECT "translation_overrides"."translation_key", "translation_overrides"."value", "translation_overrides"."compiled_js" FROM "translation_overrides" WHERE "translation_overrides"."locale" = 'en' [["locale", :en]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.851177 #1804] DEBUG -- : PostActionType Load (2.8ms) SELECT "post_action_types".* FROM "post_action_types" WHERE "post_action_types"."name_key" IN ('inappropriate', 'spam', 'notify_moderators') ORDER BY position asc
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.873528 #1804] DEBUG -- : UserField Load (3.5ms) SELECT "user_fields".* FROM "user_fields"
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.920356 #1804] DEBUG -- : SiteCustomization Load (2.3ms) SELECT "site_customizations".* FROM "site_customizations" WHERE "site_customizations"."enabled" = 't' ORDER BY "site_customizations"."name" ASC [["enabled", true]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.959208 #1804] DEBUG -- : CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT "site_customizations".* FROM "site_customizations" WHERE "site_customizations"."enabled" = 't' ORDER BY "site_customizations"."name" ASC [["enabled", true]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:15.980698 #1804] DEBUG -- : Topic Load (2.6ms) SELECT "topics".* FROM "topics" WHERE ("topics"."deleted_at" IS NULL) AND "topics"."archetype" = 'banner' ORDER BY "topics"."id" ASC LIMIT 1 [["archetype", "banner"]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:16.044649 #1804] DEBUG -- : (2.8ms) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "notifications" WHERE "notifications"."user_id" = 2 AND (read = false) [["user_id", 2]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:16.078315 #1804] DEBUG -- : UserStat Load (1.7ms) SELECT "user_stats".* FROM "user_stats" WHERE "user_stats"."user_id" = 2 LIMIT 1 [["user_id", 2]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:16.116261 #1804] DEBUG -- : UserOption Load (2.0ms) SELECT "user_options".* FROM "user_options" WHERE "user_options"."user_id" = 2 LIMIT 1 [["user_id", 2]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:16.157429 #1804] DEBUG -- : (2.7ms) SELECT "category_users"."category_id" FROM "category_users" WHERE "category_users"."user_id" = 2 AND "category_users"."notification_level" = 0 [["user_id", 2], ["notification_level", 0]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:16.179991 #1804] DEBUG -- : UserProfile Load (2.2ms) SELECT "user_profiles".* FROM "user_profiles" WHERE "user_profiles"."user_id" = 2 LIMIT 1 [["user_id", 2]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:16.217825 #1804] DEBUG -- : (2.6ms) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "queued_posts" WHERE "queued_posts"."state" = 1 AND "queued_posts"."queue" = 'default' [["state", 1]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:16.224579 #1804] DEBUG -- : CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "queued_posts" WHERE "queued_posts"."state" = 1 AND "queued_posts"."queue" = 'default' [["state", 1]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:25:16.277286 #1804] INFO -- : Rendered default/empty.html.erb within layouts/application (2.8ms)
D, [2016-04-27T10:25:16.299826 #1804] DEBUG -- : ColorScheme Load (2.0ms) SELECT "color_schemes".* FROM "color_schemes" WHERE "color_schemes"."versioned_id" IS NULL AND "color_schemes"."enabled" = 't' LIMIT 1 [["enabled", true]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:25:16.403547 #1804] INFO -- : Rendered layouts/_head.html.erb (110.8ms)
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:18.767477 #1804] INFO -- : Rendered common/_special_font_face.html.erb (62263.7ms)
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:18.780559 #1804] DEBUG -- : CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT "color_schemes".* FROM "color_schemes" WHERE "color_schemes"."versioned_id" IS NULL AND "color_schemes"."enabled" = 't' LIMIT 1 [["enabled", true]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:18.789636 #1804] DEBUG -- : (2.7ms) SELECT "categories"."updated_at" FROM "categories" WHERE (background_url IS NOT NULL and background_url != '') ORDER BY updated_at desc LIMIT 1
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:19.021500 #1804] DEBUG -- : CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT "color_schemes".* FROM "color_schemes" WHERE "color_schemes"."versioned_id" IS NULL AND "color_schemes"."enabled" = 't' LIMIT 1 [["enabled", true]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:19.031050 #1804] DEBUG -- : (2.2ms) SELECT "categories"."updated_at" FROM "categories" WHERE (background_url IS NOT NULL and background_url != '') ORDER BY updated_at desc LIMIT 1
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:19.130216 #1804] DEBUG -- : (3.2ms) SELECT "site_customizations"."stylesheet_baked" FROM "site_customizations" WHERE "site_customizations"."enabled" = 't' ORDER BY "site_customizations"."name" ASC [["enabled", true]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:19.138218 #1804] INFO -- : Rendered common/_discourse_stylesheet.html.erb (360.2ms)
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:42.960328 #1804] DEBUG -- : CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT "site_customizations".* FROM "site_customizations" WHERE "site_customizations"."enabled" = 't' ORDER BY "site_customizations"."name" ASC [["enabled", true]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:42.978818 #1804] INFO -- : Rendered application/_header.html.erb (1.1ms)
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:42.984612 #1804] DEBUG -- : CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT "site_customizations".* FROM "site_customizations" WHERE "site_customizations"."enabled" = 't' ORDER BY "site_customizations"."name" ASC [["enabled", true]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.180211 #1804] INFO -- : Rendered common/_discourse_javascript.html.erb (184.7ms)
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.185265 #1804] DEBUG -- : CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT "site_customizations".* FROM "site_customizations" WHERE "site_customizations"."enabled" = 't' ORDER BY "site_customizations"."name" ASC [["enabled", true]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.192504 #1804] INFO -- : Completed 200 OK in 87886ms (Views: 86907.2ms | ActiveRecord: 143.8ms)
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.329064 #1804] DEBUG -- : 
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.329272 #1804] DEBUG -- : 
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.329728 #1804] INFO -- : Started GET "/stylesheets/desktop.css?body=1" for 10.0.2.2 at 2016-04-27 10:26:43 -0400
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.926898 #1804] INFO -- : Processing by StylesheetsController#show as HTML
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.931376 #1804] INFO -- : Parameters: {"body"=>"1", "name"=>"desktop"}
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.937313 #1804] DEBUG -- : User Load (0.9ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."auth_token" = 'ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9' LIMIT 1 [["auth_token", "ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9"]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.952901 #1804] DEBUG -- : (1.0ms) SELECT "stylesheet_cache"."created_at" FROM "stylesheet_cache" WHERE "stylesheet_cache"."target" = 'desktop' ORDER BY id desc [["target", "desktop"]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.962404 #1804] INFO -- : Sent file /vagrant/tmp/stylesheet-cache/desktop.css (0.5ms)
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:43.999774 #1804] INFO -- : Completed 200 OK in 64ms (ActiveRecord: 3.3ms)
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:44.007476 #1804] DEBUG -- : UserVisit Load (1.7ms) SELECT "user_visits".* FROM "user_visits" WHERE "user_visits"."user_id" = 2 AND "user_visits"."visited_at" = '2016-04-27' LIMIT 1 [["user_id", 2], ["visited_at", Wed, 27 Apr 2016]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:44.020635 #1804] DEBUG -- : 
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:44.022744 #1804] DEBUG -- : 
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:44.023114 #1804] INFO -- : Started GET "/stylesheets/admin.css?body=1" for 10.0.2.2 at 2016-04-27 10:26:44 -0400
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:44.208716 #1804] DEBUG -- : SQL (196.1ms) UPDATE "users" SET "last_seen_at" = '2016-04-27 14:26:43.942690' WHERE "users"."id" = 2 [["id", 2]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:44.284135 #1804] INFO -- : Processing by StylesheetsController#show as HTML
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:44.291731 #1804] INFO -- : Parameters: {"body"=>"1", "name"=>"admin"}
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:44.298228 #1804] DEBUG -- : User Load (0.7ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."auth_token" = 'ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9' LIMIT 1 [["auth_token", "ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9"]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:26:44.305253 #1804] DEBUG -- : (0.5ms) SELECT "stylesheet_cache"."created_at" FROM "stylesheet_cache" WHERE "stylesheet_cache"."target" = 'admin' ORDER BY id desc [["target", "admin"]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:44.312916 #1804] INFO -- : Sent file /vagrant/tmp/stylesheet-cache/admin.css (0.3ms)
I, [2016-04-27T10:26:44.317918 #1804] INFO -- : Completed 200 OK in 21ms (ActiveRecord: 1.1ms)
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:13.706459 #1804] DEBUG -- : 
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:13.707090 #1804] DEBUG -- : 
I, [2016-04-27T10:27:13.707715 #1804] INFO -- : Started GET "/404-body?_=1461767230638" for 10.0.2.2 at 2016-04-27 10:27:13 -0400
I, [2016-04-27T10:27:13.914026 #1804] INFO -- : Processing by ExceptionsController#not_found_body as HTML
I, [2016-04-27T10:27:13.918441 #1804] INFO -- : Parameters: {"_"=>"1461767230638"}
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:13.924641 #1804] DEBUG -- : User Load (2.0ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."auth_token" = 'ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9' LIMIT 1 [["auth_token", "ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9"]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:13.937039 #1804] DEBUG -- : (1.9ms) SELECT "categories"."topic_id" FROM "categories"
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:13.944662 #1804] DEBUG -- : (1.6ms) SELECT "categories"."id" FROM "categories" WHERE "categories"."read_restricted" = 'f' [["read_restricted", false]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:13.972539 #1804] DEBUG -- : SQL (7.8ms) SELECT .....
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:13.994738 #1804] DEBUG -- : Topic Load (3.8ms) SELECT "topics".* FROM "topics" WHERE ("topics"."deleted_at" IS NULL) AND ("topics"."id" NOT IN (1, 3, 2)) AND (topics.archetype <> 'private_message') AND "topics"."visible" = 't' AND (category_id IS NULL OR category_id IN (
           SELECT c.id FROM categories c
           WHERE NOT c.read_restricted)) ORDER BY created_at desc LIMIT 10 [["visible", true]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.043489 #1804] DEBUG -- : Category Load (2.1ms) SELECT "categories".* FROM "categories" WHERE "categories"."id" = 3 LIMIT 1 [["id", 3]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.053863 #1804] DEBUG -- : Category Load (1.7ms) SELECT "categories".* FROM "categories" WHERE "categories"."id" = 1 LIMIT 1 [["id", 1]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.058787 #1804] INFO -- : Rendered exceptions/not_found.html.erb (69.8ms)
I, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.065158 #1804] INFO -- : Rendered text template (0.0ms)
I, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.067440 #1804] INFO -- : Completed 200 OK in 145ms (Views: 4.3ms | ActiveRecord: 20.9ms)
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.078353 #1804] DEBUG -- : 
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.078540 #1804] DEBUG -- : 
I, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.078836 #1804] INFO -- : Started GET "/about/live_post_counts.json?_=1461767230639" for 10.0.2.2 at 2016-04-27 10:27:14 -0400
I, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.274221 #1804] INFO -- : Processing by AboutController#live_post_counts as JSON
I, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.280119 #1804] INFO -- : Parameters: {"_"=>"1461767230639"}
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.286324 #1804] DEBUG -- : User Load (1.9ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."auth_token" = 'ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9' LIMIT 1 [["auth_token", "ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9"]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.300917 #1804] DEBUG -- : (6.9ms) SELECT "categories"."topic_id" FROM "categories"
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.323524 #1804] DEBUG -- : (4.0ms) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "topics" WHERE ("topics"."deleted_at" IS NULL) AND (topics.archetype <> 'private_message') AND "topics"."visible" = 't' AND (category_id IS NULL OR category_id IN (
           SELECT c.id FROM categories c
           WHERE NOT c.read_restricted)) AND ("topics"."id" NOT IN (1, 3, 2)) [["visible", true]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.334184 #1804] DEBUG -- : (2.1ms) SELECT SUM("topics"."posts_count") FROM "topics" WHERE ("topics"."deleted_at" IS NULL) AND (topics.archetype <> 'private_message') AND "topics"."visible" = 't' AND (category_id IS NULL OR category_id IN (
           SELECT c.id FROM categories c
           WHERE NOT c.read_restricted)) AND ("topics"."id" NOT IN (1, 3, 2)) [["visible", true]]
I, [2016-04-27T10:27:14.341678 #1804] INFO -- : Completed 200 OK in 58ms (Views: 0.3ms | ActiveRecord: 24.9ms)
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:15.248080 #1804] DEBUG -- : User Load (0.7ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."auth_token" = 'ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9' LIMIT 1 [["auth_token", "ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9"]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:15.266296 #1804] DEBUG -- : (8.4ms) SELECT "groups"."id" FROM "groups"
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:15.275993 #1804] DEBUG -- : Delivering messages [{"global_id":-1,"message_id":-1,"channel":"/__status","data":{"/new":11,"/latest":14,"/unread/2":0,"/delete":0,"/recover":0,"/global/asset-version":1,"/site/banner":0,"/file-change":0,"/logout":0,"/site/read-only":0,"/flagged_counts":0,"/queue_counts":0,"/notification/2":1,"/categories":0,"/client_settings":0,"/notification-alert/2":0}}] to client 23844a809bf3427b8fa9af33723782b7 for user 2 (chunked)
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:40.276067 #1804] DEBUG -- : Delivering messages [] to client 23844a809bf3427b8fa9af33723782b7 for user 2 (chunked)
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:41.233650 #1804] DEBUG -- : User Load (0.8ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."auth_token" = 'ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9' LIMIT 1 [["auth_token", "ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9"]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:41.239365 #1804] DEBUG -- : (0.5ms) SELECT "groups"."id" FROM "groups"
D, [2016-04-27T10:27:41.246622 #1804] DEBUG -- : Delivering messages [] to client 23844a809bf3427b8fa9af33723782b7 for user 2 (chunked)
D, [2016-04-27T10:28:06.246788 #1804] DEBUG -- : Delivering messages [] to client 23844a809bf3427b8fa9af33723782b7 for user 2 (chunked)
D, [2016-04-27T10:28:07.232273 #1804] DEBUG -- : User Load (0.5ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."auth_token" = 'ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9' LIMIT 1 [["auth_token", "ac478c77c48985c112e4f457c80dc3e9"]]
D, [2016-04-27T10:28:07.235803 #1804] DEBUG -- : (0.4ms) SELECT "groups"."id" FROM "groups"
D, [2016-04-27T10:28:07.240967 #1804] DEBUG -- : Delivering messages [] to client 23844a809bf3427b8fa9af33723782b7 for user 2 (chunked)

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#### Post date: [April 27, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/7 "2016-04-27T16:06:13Z")

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Two things I noticed after copy/pasting your code into my development env:

1. General rule of thumb with controllers is to name them with a plural. So I changed `SiteController` to `SitesController`.
2. Make sure that controller is in this path: `app/controllers/disraptor/sites_controller.rb`.

Once I made those two changes, it was able to run without errors. It was giving me an “uninitialized constant” error to start. It still needs some work to get it to show something other than the 404 but that will get your routes working.

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#### Post date: [April 27, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/8 "2016-04-27T21:46:30Z")

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> [@joebuhlig](#):
>
> Make sure that controller is in this path: app/controllers/disraptor/sites\_controller.rb.

How to do that in a plugin?

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#### Post date: [April 27, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/9 "2016-04-27T21:49:26Z")

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Here’s how it works in the voting plugin:

[https://github.com/joebuhlig/discourse-feature-voting/blob/master/app/controllers/discourse\_feature\_voting/votes\_controller.rb](https://github.com/joebuhlig/discourse-feature-voting/blob/master/app/controllers/discourse_feature_voting/votes_controller.rb)

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#### Post date: [April 28, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/10 "2016-04-28T12:12:29Z")

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> [@joebuhlig](#):
>
> 1. General rule of thumb with controllers is to name them with a plural. So I changed SiteController to SitesController.
> 2. Make sure that controller is in this path: app/controllers/disraptor/sites\_controller.rb.

I changed the name of the controller and checked its path, but still nothing happens in the method.  
I uploaded my example code to [Github](https://github.com/EndruK/disraptor)

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#### Post date: [April 28, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/11 "2016-04-28T12:33:43Z")

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How are you doing your development? I cloned your repo and tried to run it with no changes and it gives errors right away that you can start to trace.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/3/930c32a99a90488fabd1f24cf017c431bb03ef54.png)

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#### Post date: [April 28, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/12 "2016-04-28T12:41:58Z")

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I am developing with a discourse in a vagrant virtual machine.  
On my environment the template is loaded  
(I added the template just to test if the controller does something)

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/6/2653449c68f9de64b6254251c62653d848f88b69.png)

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### Author: ![joebuhlig](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joebuhlig/32/193054_2.png) [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/13 "2016-04-28T12:59:11Z")

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So that tells me everything is working. No?

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#### Post date: [April 28, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/14 "2016-04-28T13:20:36Z")

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no, the problem is still that the code in `showroute` is not called.  
[https://github.com/EndruK/disraptor/blob/master/app/controllers/disraptor/sites\_controller.rb](https://github.com/EndruK/disraptor/blob/master/app/controllers/disraptor/sites_controller.rb)

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#### Post date: [April 28, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/15 "2016-04-28T14:24:57Z")

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I’m not sure you can display views through controllers without an Ember route map. The only time I’ve called Ruby controller methods is through ajax calls. Take a look at the plugin how-to and look at the section where Robin talks about the route map.

> [@Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 5 - Add an admin interface](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-creating-discourse-plugins-part-5-admin-interfaces/31761):
>
> Previous tutorial: [Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 4 - Setup git](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-plugins-part-4-setup-git/31272) Sometimes [site settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-creating-discourse-plugins-part-3-custom-settings/31115) aren’t enough of an admin interface for your plugin to work the way you want. For example, if you install the [discourse-akismet](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-akismet) plugin, you might have noticed that it adds a navigation item to the admin plugins section in of your Discourse: In this tutorial we’ll show you how to add an admin interface for your plugin. I’m going to call my plugin purple-tentacle, in honor of [one of my favorit…](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Tentacle)

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#### Post date: [June 23, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-controller-method-never-called/42815/16 "2016-06-23T09:00:02Z")

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Ah nice that was it!  
I needed an ember controller with an ajax method to call the server controller method correctly.

Thank you for that!