routing URL REST or not REST

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my question is maybe silly.... but it's already July 4th .. and I am tired..

until now I have been using in my tests the following routes (simplified version)

  map.resources :academies do |academies|     academies.resources :ecourses      academies.resources :instructors     academies.resources :trainees   end

so I get the URL type : /academies/1/libraries from academy_libraries_path(current_user.academy)

the current_user being defined , and he is always logged into one academy when working ( current_user.academy)

I wonder is it possible to replace academy_id in the URL with a string 'CURRENT' ? and have :

/academies/CURRENT/libraries (then nobody could hack the academy)

or is it better to keep the REST URL type and perform a security check (permit ) in the controller ??

thanks

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You may also want to look at the :shallow option to map.resources - it does pretty much what you're looking for.

--Matt Jones