Routes question and defaulting to something

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Hey everyone!

Is there a way of saying something like this in the routes file (note that map.connect :controller/:action/:id is my last pattern): "If the controller you specified doesn't exist, then go to the next pattern"

I want this because if users type in domain.com/noncontrollername, I'd like the app to render or forward the user to domain.com/profiles/noncontrollername. So, for example, if my username is ramon, and I type domain.com/ramon, I will see my profile.

If this is not possible, what's a good way of doing this? :slight_smile:

Thanks! Ramon

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Not sure I understand the behavior you’re after completely, but should be able to do this by specifying a named route in your routes file before the default ones.

Ex: map.user_profile ‘:username’, :controller => ‘users’, :action => ‘show’ map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id’ …

This will have the effect, however, of matching any incoming request with only one string. So you won’t be able to have another route like:

map.user_profile ‘:username’, :controller => ‘users’, :action => ‘show’ map.group_profile ‘:groupname’, :controller => ‘groups’, :action => ‘show’

All requests here meant for either of these would be sent to the UsersController#show because it appears first in the routes file.

Hope this answers your question.

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Awesome! That seemed to have worked. If I type in a /username it sends me to my profile, if I type in a controller it still defaults to that controller.

Thanks! Ramon Tayag