# Routing to controller inside module **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 16, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-to-controller-inside-module/52575 "2006-01-16T18:13:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Norman\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Norman\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Norman_T)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-to-controller-inside-module/52575/1 "2006-01-16T18:13:43Z")
Hey, am i to stupid to find the information about how to route to a controller in a module? Maybe module support has gone! The controller is under: app/controllers/admin/my\_controller.rb The my\_controller.rb file looks like this: module Admin class MyController def index render :text =\> ‘Hello!’ end end end How does a route to all controllers under module Admin look like? map.connect ‘admin/:controller/:action/:id’, :module =\> ‘admin’ This one gives me a NameError ‘uninitialized constant DepartmentController’ I tested following with the same result: map.connect ‘admin/my\_controller/:action/:id’, :controller =\> ‘admin/my\_controller’ Are controllers within modules still supported? ## Ciao, Norman Norman T. - inlet media e.K. Phone: +49 (0)40 / 43 25 10 81 Fax: +49 (0)40 / 43 25 10 82 Holländische Reihe 31 22765 Hamburg > **[Norman Timmler](http://www.inlet-media.de)** > > Home of FLVTool2 and blog of Norman Timmler, a Ruby on Rails architect in Hamburg, Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Norman\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Norman\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Norman_T)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-to-controller-inside-module/52575/2 "2006-01-16T18:46:54Z")
You probably want something more like this, in /app/controllers/admin/my\_controller.rb: class Admin::MyController \< ApplicationController … end Rails will create the Admin module using its own dark magicks. You shouldn’t need to touch the default controller route either. - james ---
**Author:** ![Norman\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Norman\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Norman_T)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-to-controller-inside-module/52575/3 "2006-01-17T02:01:10Z")
Am Montag, den 16.01.2006, 17:46 +0000 schrieb James A.: > You probably want something more like this, in > /app/controllers/admin/my\_controller.rb: > > class Admin::MyController \< ApplicationController > … > end > > Rails will create the Admin module using its own dark magicks. You > shouldn’t need to touch the default controller route either. Sorry, but i figured out a typing error caused the problem 😉 By the way, class Admin:Mycontroller and module Admin class MyController ## are the same, with the only difference, that the first one only works if the module has been declared before. Norman T. ## [http://blog.inlet-media.de](http://blog.inlet-media.de) Norman T. - inlet media e.K. Phone: +49 (0)40 / 43 25 10 81 Fax: +49 (0)40 / 43 25 10 82 Holländische Reihe 31 22765 Hamburg > **[Norman Timmler](http://www.inlet-media.de)** > > Home of FLVTool2 and blog of Norman Timmler, a Ruby on Rails architect in Hamburg, Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Norman\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Norman\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Norman_T)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-to-controller-inside-module/52575/4 "2006-01-17T02:01:11Z")
Am Montag, den 16.01.2006, 17:46 +0000 schrieb James A.: > You probably want something more like this, in > /app/controllers/admin/my\_controller.rb: > > class Admin::MyController \< ApplicationController > … > end > > Rails will create the Admin module using its own dark magicks. You > shouldn’t need to touch the default controller route either. Sorry, but i figured out a typing error caused the problem 😉 By the way, class Admin:Mycontroller and module Admin class MyController ## are the same, with the only difference, that the first one only works if the module has been declared before. Norman T. ## [http://blog.inlet-media.de](http://blog.inlet-media.de) Norman T. - inlet media e.K. Phone: +49 (0)40 / 43 25 10 81 Fax: +49 (0)40 / 43 25 10 82 Holländische Reihe 31 22765 Hamburg > **[Norman Timmler](http://www.inlet-media.de)** > > Home of FLVTool2 and blog of Norman Timmler, a Ruby on Rails architect in Hamburg, Germany.