# Path processing

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-processing/126159>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 15, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-processing/126159 "2008-01-15T22:01:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![starmaerker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@starmaerker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starmaerker)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-processing/126159/1 "2008-01-15T22:01:07Z")

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With REST and named routes there’s multiple ways to represent a  
controller/action. Does anyone know where the code that parses the  
requests  
and maps it to the controller/action reside?

thanks in advance,  
andy

–  
Andrew S.

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**Author:** ![starmaerker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@starmaerker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starmaerker)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 10:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-processing/126159/2 "2008-01-16T10:02:22Z")

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Its in the routing module of rails.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 15, 2008, at 1:00 PM, “Andrew S.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)