# How to use RESTful routes **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 18, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-restful-routes/126414 "2008-01-18T04:02:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kopf1988](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@kopf1988](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kopf1988)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-restful-routes/126414/1 "2008-01-18T04:02:22Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![kopf1988](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@kopf1988](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kopf1988)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-restful-routes/126414/2 "2008-01-18T04:07:34Z")
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 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kopf1988](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@kopf1988](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kopf1988)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-restful-routes/126414/3 "2008-01-18T04:12:18Z")
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. 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**Author:** ![kopf1988](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@kopf1988](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kopf1988)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-restful-routes/126414/4 "2008-01-18T05:24:14Z")
rake routes just help you figure out what is available.