# Rails, REST, and Routes **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 7, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-rest-and-routes/88045 "2007-03-07T18:44:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![claycle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@claycle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/claycle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-rest-and-routes/88045/1 "2007-03-07T18:44:10Z")
I am trying to figure out how to write a “slightly nested” RESTful route to represent the following. I have the concept of a Box. A Box may contain another Box. Here are the URI’s and methods I wish to model – the first few are obvious… GET /boxes =\> return index of boxes GET /boxes/1 =\> return box #1 POST /boxes =\> create a new box, returns URI of new box, eg PUT /boxes/1 =\> update box #1 DELETE /boxes/1 =\> destroy box #1 The above are all well and good and handled fine by… routes.rb: map.resources :boxes But I also want to map the following resources: GET /boxes/1/boxes =\> Returns a list of boxes inside Box #1. NOTE: These URIs should be of the form /boxes/#, NOT /boxes/1/boxes/# POST /boxes/1/boxes =\> create a new box inside Box #1. The returned resource should be of the form /boxes/#, NOT /boxes/1/boxes/#. It’s these last two that I am having trouble with, trying to grok them. Clues appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![claycle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@claycle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/claycle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-rest-and-routes/88045/2 "2007-03-07T19:48:28Z")
OK, I think I am getting closer: I added the following to my routes: map.resources :boxes map.resources :boxes, :path\_prefix =\> “/boxes/:parent\_id”, :name\_prefix =\> “child\_” …still chugging…