Help understanding ActiveResource

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I'm trying to better understand ActiveResource in Rails 3.

I have this Object that extends ActiveResource::Base, and when I use the collection_path, and pass an argument to it, the returned URL has that argument as params in the URL instead of creating the URL like in the docs.

For example. The docs say

Post.collection_path #=> /posts.xml Comment.collection_path(:post_id => 5) #=> /posts/5/comments.xml

Here is what I'm getting

Post.collection_path => /posts.xml Comment.collection_path(:post_id => 5) #=> /comments.xml?post_id=5

I'm using Rails 3.0.1.

Thanks

~Jeremy

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Jeremy Woertink wrote in post #965832:

Post.collection_path #=> /posts.xml Comment.collection_path(:post_id => 5) #=> /posts/5/comments.xml

Here is what I'm getting

Post.collection_path => /posts.xml Comment.collection_path(:post_id => 5) #=> /comments.xml?post_id=5

Thanks

~Jeremy

Hi Jeremy

you are reading the doc which is for ActiveRecord::Base instance

but you are experimenting with ActiveResource::Base instance

please read documentation for ActiveResource (not ActiveRecord)

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Sniper Abandon wrote in post #965916:

you are reading the doc which is for ActiveRecord::Base instance

but you are experimenting with ActiveResource::Base instance

please read documentation for ActiveResource (not ActiveRecord)

Not true. The example shown in ActiveResource::Base is what the OP referred to.

Here's the real issue. The example...

Post.collection_path #=> /posts.xml Comment.collection_path(:post_id => 5) #=> /posts/5/comments.xml

...is showing that Comment is a nested resource of Post so therefore need to match the nested resource definition in your routes.rb file...

resources :posts do   resources :comments end