How to use RESTful routes

Rails
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Okay, this has come up before… but it is NOT working for me sigh
but, I’m hoping someone can tell me why. (Rails version 1.2.6)

Let’s say I want to create an off the wall method in my Users
controller, called login. I also create the view for this action,
login.erb. My first problem was that /users/login did not work (rails
mistook login for being :id). So that was fixed with:

map.resources :users, :collection => {:login => :get }

But now, I want my users to be able to click login from the homepage,
simple enough? But this RESTful link generates a no method error.

<%= link_to ‘Login’, login_users_path %>

What have I missed/why does this not work?

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kopf1988 wrote:

Okay, this has come up before… but it is NOT working for me sigh
but, I’m hoping someone can tell me why. (Rails version 1.2.6)

Let’s say I want to create an off the wall method in my Users
controller, called login. I also create the view for this action,
login.erb. My first problem was that /users/login did not work (rails
mistook login for being :id). So that was fixed with:

map.resources :users, :collection => {:login => :get }

But now, I want my users to be able to click login from the homepage,
simple enough? But this RESTful link generates a no method error.

<%= link_to ‘Login’, login_users_path %>

What have I missed/why does this not work?

$ rake routes

:slight_smile:

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Do I have to run that? Does that change any files that I can just
upload themselves? I can’t just go around raking things on my shared
host…

Results of my rake routes:
web_pages GET /web_pages
{:action=>“index”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
formatted_web_pages GET /web_pages.:format
{:action=>“index”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
POST /web_pages
{:action=>“create”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
POST /web_pages.:format
{:action=>“create”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
new_web_page GET /web_pages/new
{:action=>“new”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
formatted_new_web_page GET /web_pages/new.:format
{:action=>“new”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
edit_web_page GET /web_pages/:id/edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
GET /web_pages/:id;edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
GET /web_pages/:id.:format;edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
formatted_edit_web_page GET /web_pages/:id/edit.:format
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
web_page GET /web_pages/:id
{:action=>“show”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
formatted_web_page GET /web_pages/:id.:format
{:action=>“show”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
PUT /web_pages/:id
{:action=>“update”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
PUT /web_pages/:id.:format
{:action=>“update”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
DELETE /web_pages/:id
{:action=>“destroy”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
DELETE /web_pages/:id.:format
{:action=>“destroy”, :controller=>“web_pages”}
websites GET /websites
{:action=>“index”, :controller=>“websites”}
formatted_websites GET /websites.:format
{:action=>“index”, :controller=>“websites”}
POST /websites
{:action=>“create”, :controller=>“websites”}
POST /websites.:format
{:action=>“create”, :controller=>“websites”}
new_website GET /websites/new
{:action=>“new”, :controller=>“websites”}
formatted_new_website GET /websites/new.:format
{:action=>“new”, :controller=>“websites”}
edit_website GET /websites/:id/edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“websites”}
GET /websites/:id;edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“websites”}
GET /websites/:id.:format;edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“websites”}
formatted_edit_website GET /websites/:id/edit.:format
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“websites”}
website GET /websites/:id
{:action=>“show”, :controller=>“websites”}
formatted_website GET /websites/:id.:format
{:action=>“show”, :controller=>“websites”}
PUT /websites/:id
{:action=>“update”, :controller=>“websites”}
PUT /websites/:id.:format
{:action=>“update”, :controller=>“websites”}
DELETE /websites/:id
{:action=>“destroy”, :controller=>“websites”}
DELETE /websites/:id.:format
{:action=>“destroy”, :controller=>“websites”}
pictures GET /pictures
{:action=>“index”, :controller=>“pictures”}
formatted_pictures GET /pictures.:format
{:action=>“index”, :controller=>“pictures”}
POST /pictures
{:action=>“create”, :controller=>“pictures”}
POST /pictures.:format
{:action=>“create”, :controller=>“pictures”}
new_picture GET /pictures/new
{:action=>“new”, :controller=>“pictures”}
formatted_new_picture GET /pictures/new.:format
{:action=>“new”, :controller=>“pictures”}
edit_picture GET /pictures/:id/edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“pictures”}
GET /pictures/:id;edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“pictures”}
GET /pictures/:id.:format;edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“pictures”}
formatted_edit_picture GET /pictures/:id/edit.:format
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“pictures”}
picture GET /pictures/:id
{:action=>“show”, :controller=>“pictures”}
formatted_picture GET /pictures/:id.:format
{:action=>“show”, :controller=>“pictures”}
PUT /pictures/:id
{:action=>“update”, :controller=>“pictures”}
PUT /pictures/:id.:format
{:action=>“update”, :controller=>“pictures”}
DELETE /pictures/:id
{:action=>“destroy”, :controller=>“pictures”}
DELETE /pictures/:id.:format
{:action=>“destroy”, :controller=>“pictures”}
galleries GET /galleries
{:action=>“index”, :controller=>“galleries”}
formatted_galleries GET /galleries.:format
{:action=>“index”, :controller=>“galleries”}
POST /galleries
{:action=>“create”, :controller=>“galleries”}
POST /galleries.:format
{:action=>“create”, :controller=>“galleries”}
new_gallery GET /galleries/new
{:action=>“new”, :controller=>“galleries”}
formatted_new_gallery GET /galleries/new.:format
{:action=>“new”, :controller=>“galleries”}
edit_gallery GET /galleries/:id/edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“galleries”}
GET /galleries/:id;edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“galleries”}
GET /galleries/:id.:format;edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“galleries”}
formatted_edit_gallery GET /galleries/:id/edit.:format
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“galleries”}
gallery GET /galleries/:id
{:action=>“show”, :controller=>“galleries”}
formatted_gallery GET /galleries/:id.:format
{:action=>“show”, :controller=>“galleries”}
PUT /galleries/:id
{:action=>“update”, :controller=>“galleries”}
PUT /galleries/:id.:format
{:action=>“update”, :controller=>“galleries”}
DELETE /galleries/:id
{:action=>“destroy”, :controller=>“galleries”}
DELETE /galleries/:id.:format
{:action=>“destroy”, :controller=>“galleries”}
modify_users /users/modify
{:action=>“modify”, :controller=>“users”}
/users;modify
{:action=>“modify”, :controller=>“users”}
/users.:format;modify
{:action=>“modify”, :controller=>“users”}
formatted_modify_users /users/modify.:format
{:action=>“modify”, :controller=>“users”}
login_users GET /users/login
{:action=>“login”, :controller=>“users”}
GET /users;login
{:action=>“login”, :controller=>“users”}
GET /users.:format;login
{:action=>“login”, :controller=>“users”}
formatted_login_users GET /users/login.:format
{:action=>“login”, :controller=>“users”}
logout_users GET /users/logout
{:action=>“logout”, :controller=>“users”}
GET /users;logout
{:action=>“logout”, :controller=>“users”}
GET /users.:format;logout
{:action=>“logout”, :controller=>“users”}
formatted_logout_users GET /users/logout.:format
{:action=>“logout”, :controller=>“users”}
users GET /users
{:action=>“index”, :controller=>“users”}
formatted_users GET /users.:format
{:action=>“index”, :controller=>“users”}
POST /users
{:action=>“create”, :controller=>“users”}
POST /users.:format
{:action=>“create”, :controller=>“users”}
new_user GET /users/new
{:action=>“new”, :controller=>“users”}
formatted_new_user GET /users/new.:format
{:action=>“new”, :controller=>“users”}
edit_user GET /users/:id/edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“users”}
GET /users/:id;edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“users”}
GET /users/:id.:format;edit
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“users”}
formatted_edit_user GET /users/:id/edit.:format
{:action=>“edit”, :controller=>“users”}
user GET /users/:id
{:action=>“show”, :controller=>“users”}
formatted_user GET /users/:id.:format
{:action=>“show”, :controller=>“users”}
PUT /users/:id
{:action=>“update”, :controller=>“users”}
PUT /users/:id.:format
{:action=>“update”, :controller=>“users”}
DELETE /users/:id
{:action=>“destroy”, :controller=>“users”}
DELETE /users/:id.:format
{:action=>“destroy”, :controller=>“users”}
/:controller/service.wsdl
{:action=>“wsdl”}
/:controller/:action/:id.:format
/:controller/:action/:id

On Jan 17, 9:07 pm, Russ J. [email protected]

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rake routes just help you figure out what is available.