Create render_react_component controller helper

Author: Gabe Scholz

lib/react/rails.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 require 'react/rails/railtie'
 require 'react/rails/engine'
+require 'react/rails/controller_helper'
 require 'react/rails/view_helper'

lib/react/rails/controller_helper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module React
+  module Rails
+    module ControllerHelper
+
+      # Render a React component as the view instead of
+      # a template from the app/views folder.
+      #
+      def render_react_component(*args, &block)
+        current_layout = _layout.virtual_path
+        @__react_component_args = args
+        @__react_component_block = block
+
+        render inline: '<%= react_component(*@__react_component_args, &@__react_component_block) %>', layout: current_layout
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+ActionController::Base.send(:include, React::Rails::ControllerHelper) if defined?(Rails)

test/dummy/app/controllers/server_controller.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class ServerController < ApplicationController
   def show
     @todos = %w{todo1 todo2 todo3}
+    render_react_component "TodoList", {:todos => @todos}, :prerender => true
   end
 end