Rails 3 routes

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi all am learning rails 3.2.8 and i found that in routes if i have a controller called User and i have 5 def a, def b,def c and def d. do i need to mention routes to each def because in 2.3.8 you no need to mention routes for each def but when i come to 3.2.8 i have to mention routes for each def in a controller like match ‘user/new’ => ‘user#new’ match ‘user/create’ => ‘user#create’ such way for each def in a controller. is there any other way to write a routes so that you no need to mention routes for each def.

Cheers, Kp

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You can use the resources keyword.

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any sample code plz

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You can use resources in following three different ways.

resources :users

All the methods in Users controller will have routes defined if you add above line in your routes.rb file. For example users controller have method #index then you will be able to open the url http://localhost:3000/users.

resources :users, :only => [:show, :new, :create]

If you use the above line in routes.rb then you will be able to just use the show, new and create actions of your controller.

resources :users, :except => [:index, :update, :destroy]

By using the above line you will be able to use any action in your controller execpt index, update and destroy.

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Thank you very much Mr.King

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You are welcome. By the way does it solve your problem? As I am also a newbie in rails with 2-3 months experience.

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Not quite - only the 7 standard actions (new / create / show / index / edit / update / destroy) will be routed. You can write URLs that look like they go to other actions (/users/some_other_thing) but they’ll actually be routed to the show action.

The Routing guide is a great reference for this stuff:

–Matt Jones

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OK. Thanks.