# Renaming RESTful actions **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 16, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/renaming-restful-actions/89053 "2007-03-16T19:34:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jruyle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/renaming-restful-actions/89053/1 "2007-03-16T19:34:11Z")
I’ve got a RESTful controller that takes in a file upload as the main input into a table. I want to rename POST:resources\_url to hit #upload instead of #create. Is there something I can specify on map.resources that allows me to do this? Or am I stuck generating a URL like “/resource/;upload” ? Jason ---
**Author:** ![jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jruyle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/renaming-restful-actions/89053/2 "2007-03-16T19:38:11Z")
On 3/16/07, Jason R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’ve got a RESTful controller that takes in a file upload as the main > input into a table. I want to rename POST:resources\_url to hit #upload > instead of #create. Is there something I can specify on map.resources that > allows me to do this? Or am I stuck generating a URL like > “/resource/;upload” ? > > Jason A little more information, here’s my test (which is failing, difference being :action =\> ‘create’ is generated, not ‘upload’): ``` assert_recognizes({:controller => 'taxes', :action => 'upload'}, ``` {:path =\> ‘taxes’, :method =\> :post}) and current routing map.resources :taxes, :new =\> {:upload =\> :post} Jason ---
**Author:** ![jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jruyle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/renaming-restful-actions/89053/3 "2007-03-16T20:08:14Z")
On 3/16/07, François Beausoleil [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > ## Bye ! > > François Beausoleil > [http://blog.teksol.info/](http://blog.teksol.info/) > [http://piston.rubyforge.org/](http://piston.rubyforge.org/) I know that the old routing is still available, I’m trying to stay away from it as much as I can. The problem I have with REST right now is that there is no “accepted spec” for doing REST, if that makes any sense. When it comes to controllers that are a little more complex than just serving up a view to a model, is it ok to drop out of REST? What is the point that a site is no-longer RESTful? Jason ---
**Author:** ![jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jruyle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/renaming-restful-actions/89053/4 "2007-03-16T20:39:19Z")
2007/3/16, Jason R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > I know that the old routing is still available, I’m trying to stay away from > it as much as I can. The problem I have with REST right now is that there is > no “accepted spec” for doing REST, if that makes any sense. When it comes to > controllers that are a little more complex than just serving up a view to a > model, is it ok to drop out of REST? What is the point that a site is > no-longer RESTful? You have to be pragmatic. If the REST philosophy doesn’t fit a particular case, well, don’t bother. ## Hope that helps ! François Beausoleil [http://blog.teksol.info/](http://blog.teksol.info/) [http://piston.rubyforge.org/](http://piston.rubyforge.org/) ---
**Author:** ![jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jruyle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/renaming-restful-actions/89053/5 "2007-03-16T20:04:14Z")
Hi, 2007/3/16, Jason R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > A little more information, here’s my test (which is failing, difference > being :action =\> ‘create’ is generated, not ‘upload’): > > ``` > assert_recognizes({:controller => 'taxes', :action => 'upload'}, {:path > > ``` > > =\> ‘taxes’, :method =\> :post}) > > and current routing > > map.resources :taxes, :new =\> {:upload =\> :post} map.connect “/taxes/upload”, :controller =\> “taxes”, :action =\> “upload” Everything that existed before resources still exists now that resources are here. That’s one of the nice thing. We get to make our cake and eat it too 🙂 ## Bye ! François Beausoleil [http://blog.teksol.info/](http://blog.teksol.info/) [http://piston.rubyforge.org/](http://piston.rubyforge.org/) ---
**Author:** ![jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jruyle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/renaming-restful-actions/89053/6 "2007-03-16T21:13:24Z")
On 3/16/07, François Beausoleil [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > model, is it ok to drop out of REST? What is the point that a site is > > no-longer RESTful? > > You have to be pragmatic. If the REST philosophy doesn’t fit a > particular case, well, don’t bother. > > ## Hope that helps ! > > François Beausoleil > [http://blog.teksol.info/](http://blog.teksol.info/) > [http://piston.rubyforge.org/](http://piston.rubyforge.org/) It _does_ fit. All I’m trying to do is rename the action being used by the POST action (default create, I want to rename it to upload). Is this possible? Jason ---
**Author:** ![jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jruyle)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/renaming-restful-actions/89053/7 "2007-03-18T16:15:34Z")
One thing I had to let go of when I started using the RESTful methodology was the need to have my urls all styled looking with no parameters hanging out looking all ugly. Sometimes getting those params inline is a matter of rethinking things and nesting routes but sometimes you just have to raise up those hands and concede to the RESTy way. I’m still bugged by things like [http://domain.com/users/1/entries;?page=2](http://domain.com/users/1/entries;?page=2) but I’ve come to accept them [on my admin side\*] as accurate representations of what is important and what is ephemeral/peripheral information. In this case, the fact that the data on page two isn’t necessarily the same every time is a good indicator that it’s not actually a resource itself and therefore just a hanging param. Perhaps your desire to rename “create” to “upload” without having to change its basic function is similar. 🙂 RSL \*On my spiderable content side, I’ve heard that urls like [http://domain.com/users/1/entries;?page=2](http://domain.com/users/1/entries;?page=2) don’t get indexed and therefore aren’t perhaps the best way of arranging one’s archives. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jruyle)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/renaming-restful-actions/89053/8 "2007-03-17T01:24:09Z")
Hi Jason, Earlier on you said: Or am I stuck generating a URL like “/ resource/;upload” Forgive me if I’m being dense, but _why_ do you want he default POST to call a method called update() rather than create()? It seems to me that if you want POST /some/url to perform a specific set of actions, why wouldn’t you just do those actions in _create_ rather than fight the framework? Or, are you in fact saying that you want to have _two_ urls to create a resource in your :taxes resource collection: one that calls create () and another that calls upload()? If so, have you tried: map.resources :taxes, :collection =\> {:upload =\> :post} However, that most definitely _does_ generate a resource url like / taxes;upload so it may not be what you’re looking for. Regards, Trevor