Routes With Same URL Mapped To Different Actions

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Can't find the answer to this. My old message received no responses (subject was messed up).

Is it possible to create routes that have the same URL yet map to a different action based on the HTTP method (or pseudo method) like a Rails' resource?

For example:

map.resources :foo, :collection => { :purge => :get, :purge_them => :post }

I'd like to use /foo/purge for both actions, and have the appropriate controller method called based on the HTTP request's method -like /foo does for the create and index methods, amongst others.

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map.connect('/foo/purge', :controller => 'foo', :action => 'purge' , :conditions => { :method => :get })   map.connect('/foo/purge', :controller => 'foo', :action => 'purge_them', :conditions => { :method => :post})   map.resources :foo

I put parentheses in so the wrapping doesn't kill the syntax.

Since there is an implied precedence based on appearance, if the map.resources(:foo) comes first, GET /foo/purge, looks like you want to show the Foo with id='purge'. (I'm not sure, but a POST /foo/purge might do the FooController#purge_them in either case).

I hope that helps.

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com