# Nested resources and short urls

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-resources-and-short-urls/111838>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 12, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-resources-and-short-urls/111838 "2007-08-12T00:38:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![etikette](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@etikette](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/etikette)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-resources-and-short-urls/111838/1 "2007-08-12T00:38:43Z")

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im trying to get urls like this grandparent/child/parent but i can  
only seem to get this: grandparent\_type/grandparent/parent\_type/parent/  
child\_type/type is there any way to achieve this with rest for rails?  
marc