Task not found in Rails 7 app

[mdesantis]

I'm trying to use js-routes in a Rails 7 app, but bundle exec rake js:routes task isn't found:

> bundle exec rake js:routes
rake aborted!
Don't know how to build task 'js:routes' (See the list of available tasks with `rake --tasks`)
ruby/3.0.3/bin/bundle:23:in `load'
ruby/3.0.3/bin/bundle:23:in `<main>'

It works correctly if the task file is copied from the library to lib/tasks application directory.

[Marcellllll]

Hi, I am having exactly the same issue. My JS cannot find js-routes anymore, and the task has disappeared as well, it looks like the gem is somehow not included in a path or something ?

Did you manage to find a solution for this ?

[mdesantis]

Did you manage to find a solution for this ?

I copied the task file from the library to lib/tasks application directory and I'm still using this workaround

[Marcellllll]

Wow, ok. Thanks for the quick reply ;-)

[Marcellllll]

Looks like it is something in Rails 7 which is breaking things. With Rails 6 sprockets can find my js-routes, with rails 7 it can no longer find it.

[bogdan]

I've generated a new rails 7.0 app. Run bundle add js-routes and rake js:routes and it worked fine for me.
Can you try that locally yourself?

In case you are upgrading from rails 6, is there anything in the upgrade guide related to rake tasks?

[wtfspm]

In my app (Rails 7, no Sprockets), it was enough to move the Sprockets conditional from lib/js_routes.rb to lib/js_routes/engine.rb so the engine is still defined and Rails can pick up the tasks.

# lib/js_routes.rb

if defined?(::Rails)                 ## move this: defined?(::Sprockets::Railtie)
  require 'js_routes/engine'
end

# lib/js_routes/engine.rb

class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
  if defined?(::Sprockets::Railtie)  ## to here
    require 'sprockets/version'
    ...

[bogdan]

@wtfspm It is hard to believe that fresh rails app doesn't have that issue. The root cause is till unknown. But I am open to accept a PR with such a change.

[wtfspm]

Yeah, it's hard to know what everyone's setup is. When you said you generated a new Rails 7 app, I assumed you included Sprockets since it's the default, and with Sprockets defined, the engine is loaded, so no issue. Happy to submit a PR, though I'm curious if this fixes the issue for @mdesantis or @Marcellllll

[bogdan]

When you said you generated a new Rails 7 app, I assumed you included Sprockets since it's the default, and with Sprockets defined, the engine is loaded, so no issue

Hm, you are right. It was a surprise for me that sprockets-rails is included in Gemfile even in Rails 7.x.

Merged your PR and released js-routes 2.2.3.