Customize resource routes

Rails
1

Hi all,

I have this application that lists videogames, which i am rewriting to
follow REST.

I need to have this url :
/games/xbox360/halo-3 ( map.connect “/
games/:platform_id/:permalink”,:controller => “games”,:action =>
“show” )

This is no problem with map.connect, but with map.resources i can not
make this.

map.resources :games do |game|
game.resources :supply_used
end

The command makes the following url :
/games/halo-3
/games/halo-3/supply_used/…

How can i still use map.resources and have :platform_id in my url? Or
do i need to make custom map.connects for each url?

Thanks,
Tom

2

if you really up to rest, you should be ok with urls like this
/platforms/xbox360/games/halo-3
or, more practical
/platforms/10-xbox360/games/2-halo-3
where 10, 2 - record id’s

you’ll need to have
map.resources :platforms { |platform| platform.resources :games }
among your routes and tweak your Platform and Game to_param method to
return platform and game title instead of id (you will have to keep
titles unique, tho) or id, followed by title, which is preferred

3

Thanks for the answer.

On 25 feb, 15:37, lq [email protected] wrote:

if you really up to rest, you should be ok with urls like this
/platforms/xbox360/games/halo-3

But admit it : /games/xbox360/halo-3 looks better than /platforms/
xbox360/games/halo-3 :slight_smile:

Also, I would like to keep this url because it existed in the old
website like that.

4

Legacy, I understand :slight_smile:
In my opinion, it looks shorter, but not more readable.
However, it’s only up to how to lay out your uris, rest is not panacea
and all map.resources is in fact doing is creating a set of named
routes automatically for you.