Route and patterns

Rails
1

In a wiki, routes are handling

web_index /:web {:controller=>“wiki”, :action=>“index”}
web_topic /:web/:topic {:controller=>“wiki”, :action=>“view”}
action /:web/:topic/:action {:controller=>“wiki”}

That is the default action is “view”.

Two questions:

  1. Can I constrain the patterns allowed for “:web” and “:topic”

  2. Can I use that for something like

webtopic /:web.:topic {:controller=>“wiki”, :action=>“view”}

Obviously part of the constraint is that neither part can contain a
period.

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TCP/IP Illustrated… Is that the swimsuit edition? – rgh22

2

The answer to the first question is yes.

You can do something like this:

map.date “blog/:year/:month/:day”,
:controller => “blog”,
:action => “show_date”,
:requirements => { :year => /(19|20)\d\d/, :month => /[01]?\d/, :day
=> /[0-3]?\d/ },
:day => nil,
:month => nil

(Page 404 of Agile Web D. with Rails 2nd Ed)

If :web and :topic are user created, you should probably also use
active record validations validates_format_of …

The answer to question 2 is I think so since the standard routes
include .:format

3

Is this something that varies with the version of Rials,because I’m
having problems with it.

I have in config/routes.rb:

map.with_options(:controller => ‘wiki’) do |wiki|
wiki.web ‘:web’, :action => ‘view’,
:topic => ‘HomePage’,
:requirements => {
:web => %r{[A-Z][a-z]+}

                                     }


wiki.web_topic ':web/:topic',    :action => 'view',
                                 :requirements => {
                                   :web     => %r{[A-Z][a-z]+},
                                   :topic   => %r{([A-Z][a-z])+{2,}}
                                  }


# Everything else
wiki.connect   '*url',                  :action => 'view_by_url'

end

Before I added the ‘requirements’ the following were caught correctly
/System
/System/CamelWord

After I added the ‘requirements’ everything ended up as ‘view_by_url’

I’ve simplified the patterns all the way down, but I think they are
right. I’ve tested at http://regexlib.com/
I’ve tried more “complicated” patterns: start of word/string markers,
explicit quantifiers, groupings, greedy and ungreedy. No avail.
I always end up with the ‘view_by_url’ catch-all.

I’m don’t see how “:format” is relevant. Could you expand on tat
please.

ptontiger said the following on 11/12/07 07:34 PM:

:month => nil

In a wiki, routes are handling

  1. Can I use that for something like

webtopic /:web.:topic {:controller=>“wiki”, :action=>“view”}

Obviously part of the constraint is that neither part can contain a period.

–
“It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt

4

I have part of that working.
This part:

wiki.web_topic ‘:web/:topic’, :action => ‘view’,
:web => nil,
:topic => nil,
:requirements => {
:web => /[A-Z][a-z]+/,
:topic => /([A-Z][a-z])+{2,}/,
}

I do need to make the regular expressions more comprehensive, though.

But if extend it to:

wiki.web_topic_action ‘:web/:topic/:action’,
:requirements => {
:web => /[A-Z][a-z]+/,
:topic => /([A-Z][a-z])+{2,}/,
:action => /[a-z][a-z_]{3,}/
}

I don’t get matches. I also don’t get matches on a simpler, easier to
test variation:

wiki.web_action ‘:web/:action’,
:requirements => {
:web => /[A-Z][a-z]+/,
:action => /[a-z][a-z_]{3,}/
}

I take it that the "nil’ makes the field optional and if there is no
‘nil’ then its mandatory. Is there a way to supply a default?
If so, does it have to be a fixed string or can I pull it out of a
configuration table in the database?

ptontiger said the following on 11/12/07 07:34 PM:

:month => nil

In a wiki, routes are handling

  1. Can I use that for something like

webtopic /:web.:topic {:controller=>“wiki”, :action=>“view”}

Obviously part of the constraint is that neither part can contain a period.
–
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make
their characters want something right away even if it’s only a glass of
water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still
have to drink water from time to time.
–Kurt Vonnegut

5

Anton J Aylward said the following on 15/12/07 04:37 PM:

I have part of that working.
This part:

wiki.web_topic ‘:web/:topic’, :action => ‘view’,
:web => nil,
:topic => nil,
:requirements => {
:web => /[A-Z][a-z]+/,
:topic => /([A-Z][a-z])+{2,}/,
}

WHOOP!
Let me take that back. No it doesn’t work.

ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches “/System/HomePage” with
{:method=>:get}):

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Hell must be like a karaoke bar