Just started using rails, and am using edge. I'd like to have an area
(url location) of the site that manages the models (products, product
options, categories, orders, content etc.). My first thought (products
for example) was to create an AdminProductController controller, that
would extend the ProductController that was generated by using
scaffold_resource script. Then, in the ProductController I would
specify with a filter which actions should be protected. Would doing
this, "trick" Rails into getting me the correct views and layouts? It
seems backwards to me, to put the authorization in the generated
ProductController.
Is it still RESTful to have a url like: /admin/product/1;edit ???
Or do I switch the view and layout and allowed actions based on the
user authentication and go with /product/1;edit - for some reason that
bothers me?
So... I have the ProductController, a set of public views with a set of
actions, a set of admin views and set of actions, and different layouts
for each public and admin views. How is this done now with the new REST
stuff? Would someone be so kind as to actually post an example? Please?
I'm confused!
Yes, Virginia, you can have RESTful controllers inside an admin section. First thing is to make sure you’re creating your controllers correctly.
script/generate controller Admin/Products
This will generate Admin::ProductsController. I find it easier to have them all descend from a Admin::CommonController which in turn descends from ActiveRecord::Base, that way they can all inherit admin actions from Admin::CommonController instead of having to add them to each admin controller. Note: Admin/Products needs to be plural because you’re going to end up mapping the products resources in routes.rb as plural. At least, that’s the way it’s set up.
Next, you’ll need your [admin] routes set up like this:
map.with_options :path_prefix => “/admin”, :name_prefix => “admin” do |m|
m.resources :products, :controller => “admin/products”
end
Notice you have to tell it to use the “admin/products” controller manually. It would look for “products” controller without it. Also, you need to use the :path_prefix to make the route include the initial “/admin” part of the URI. You don’t have to use the :name_prefix but I find it’s handy because it allows you to reuse the named route “products_url” for another [non-admin] controller. However, it does create named routes like the oddly ordered admin_new_product_url. Your call on which way you prefer that.
Ahh, I didn't see this post until now! Thank you very much. I was
almost in tears. Where can I find more information on the map object? I
don't know what map.with_options does?
To be honest, I don’t remember where I found the documentation about map.with_options. I know there’s a blog post somewhere out there that I learned more about it but I first found it when I was going through the source code for Mephisto. If you combine the info in the REST-y Rails cheatsheet [
http://nubyonrails.com/articles/2006/10/09/peepcode-rest-basics] and this post, [
http://www.pinupgeek.com/2006/5/24/rails-routing-demystified] you should be able to interpolate the rest. Hope that helps.
I'm confused!