Resource routes: optional path components

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I have a model, Image, with paperclip attachments. The necessary routes are currently simply defined by

  resources :images

As each image is available in different sizes (styles, really), paths effectively look like this

  /images/1.png?size=thumb

Which isn't pretty at all. I'd rather have

  /images/1.png (for the default size)   /images/1/thumb.png

To get this, I've defined my routes like this

  resources :images   get 'images/:id(/:size)(.:format)' => 'images#show', :as => :image

The second line overwrites the image_path and image_url helpers generated by the first line. Is there another solution that doesn't involve overwriting and makes resources generate the size routes? One important constraint is that I need the :size option on #image_path; it would not help to have additional routes with different names.

Michael

2

Hey,

have you tried match? I'm using it and still can use _path and _url without a problem.

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I'm sorry if I gave the wrong impression, I can still use all the _path and _url helpers. It's just that I'm looking for a more elegant solution.

Michael