# To get more understanding of REST

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-get-more-understanding-of-rest/157297>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 9, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-get-more-understanding-of-rest/157297 "2009-01-09T08:01:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-get-more-understanding-of-rest/157297/1 "2009-01-09T08:01:52Z")

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Hi  
Could any body please explain the difference below

map.resources :people  
map.resource :book # or books

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Also I would like to know why to specify member like

```

map.resources :templates,  
:member =\> { :attach\_file\_js =\> :post,  
:delete\_file =\> :delete,  
:update\_pictures =\> :get,  
},  
:collection =\> { :search =\> :post }

map.with\_options :controller =\> ‘search’,  
:path\_prefix =\> ‘search’,  
:name\_prefix =\> ‘search\_’ do |advanced\_search|  
search.save\_query ‘save’, :action =\> ‘save’  
search.show\_query ‘show/:query\_id’, :action =\> ‘show’  
end

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   I did not understand any of this..Please suggest any links or

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books to get proper understanding of all these

Thanks in advance  
Sijo

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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-get-more-understanding-of-rest/157297/2 "2009-01-09T08:20:32Z")

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## [http://guides.rubyonrails.org](http://guides.rubyonrails.org) has a routing guide which is pretty comprehensive.

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