How do you redirect to an external website with rails?

Question

I want links that when hovered over you see the link to look something like this: http://www.website.com/redirct_to=linkID2 (maybe not exactly like that but try to get the idea) I have a form area in my blog that I can input a website url but I want to make it redirect_to an external website when it shows the post.

Accepted Answer

```
redirect_to "https://website.com"
```

should do it as long as protocol is included. For added flexibility, you can parse it with URI to ensure that all fields are correct. You might want to URI.encode/URI.decode

How do you redirect to an external website with rails?

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