# Edge Rails Apps Consuming 1.2 Rails Resources **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 21, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-apps-consuming-1-2-rails-resources/109995 "2007-07-21T00:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![misleb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@misleb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/misleb)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-apps-consuming-1-2-rails-resources/109995/1 "2007-07-21T00:31:08Z")
Hi, I’m currently starting a new Rails app using Edge so I can utilize the Active Resources client. The app I am consuming resources from is a production 1.2.3 app (I can’t easily go Edge with it). The problem I’m having is that Edge has changed the Resources URL structure. In my production app, the URL for a custom action would be /users.xml;authenticate. In Edge is is something like /users/authenticate.xml. s there any way to easily make them compatible or am I just SOL by this query string change until I can update the production app to Edge Rails? I suppose I could simply construct my own query strings in the client, but that kinda takes the fun out of Active Resources. -matthew ---
**Author:** ![misleb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@misleb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/misleb)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-apps-consuming-1-2-rails-resources/109995/2 "2007-07-21T14:51:26Z")
I think that your best/only option is to map those custom actions using specific named routes: map.resources :users, :collection =\> {:authenticate =\> :get} map.connect ‘users/authenticate.xml’, :controller =\> ‘users’, :action =\> ‘authenticate’, :format =\> ‘xml’ bye Luca 2007/7/21, Matthew I. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):