customize resource routes

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi all,

I have this application that lists videogames, which i am rewriting to follow REST.

I need to have this url : /games/xbox360/halo-3 ( map.connect "/ games/:platform_id/:permalink",:controller => "games",:action => "show" )

This is no problem with map.connect, but with map.resources i can not make this.

map.resources :games do |game|     game.resources :supply_used end

The command makes the following url : /games/halo-3 /games/halo-3/supply_used/...

How can i still use map.resources and have :platform_id in my url? Or do i need to make custom map.connects for each url?

Thanks, Tom

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if you really up to rest, you should be ok with urls like this /platforms/xbox360/games/halo-3 or, more practical /platforms/10-xbox360/games/2-halo-3 where 10, 2 - record id's

you'll need to have map.resources :platforms { |platform| platform.resources :games } among your routes and tweak your Platform and Game to_param method to return platform and game title instead of id (you will have to keep titles unique, tho) or id, followed by title, which is preferred

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Thanks for the answer.

if you really up to rest, you should be ok with urls like this /platforms/xbox360/games/halo-3

But admit it : /games/xbox360/halo-3 looks better than /platforms/ xbox360/games/halo-3 :slight_smile:

Also, I would like to keep this url because it existed in the old website like that.

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Legacy, I understand :slight_smile: In my opinion, it looks shorter, but not more readable. However, it's only up to how to lay out your uris, rest is not panacea and all map.resources is in fact doing is creating a set of named routes automatically for you.