what is that get in routes?

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1

I've create a operator_session_controller:

class OperatorSessionsController < ApplicationController

  def destroy     reset_session     redirect_to 'https://…'   end

end

I've put resource :operator_session in routes.rb. It's all ok. Suddenly I see in routes.rb the line:

get "operator_session/destroy"

It was automatically put on. What does it mean?

2

Can you please post the entire content of routes.rb. And what is your rails version and any other routes based plugins are installed in your application?

3

I'm using rails 3.0, I don't have plugins installed but only gems and they are:

abstract (1.0.0)     actionmailer (3.0.0)       actionpack (= 3.0.0)       mail (~> 2.2.5)     actionpack (3.0.0)       activemodel (= 3.0.0)       activesupport (= 3.0.0)       builder (~> 2.1.2)       erubis (~> 2.6.6)       i18n (~> 0.4.1)       rack (~> 1.2.1)       rack-mount (~> 0.6.12)       rack-test (~> 0.5.4)       tzinfo (~> 0.3.23)     activemodel (3.0.0)       activesupport (= 3.0.0)       builder (~> 2.1.2)       i18n (~> 0.4.1)     activerecord (3.0.0)       activemodel (= 3.0.0)       activesupport (= 3.0.0)       arel (~> 1.0.0)       tzinfo (~> 0.3.23)     activerecord-jdbc-adapter (0.9.7-java)     activerecord-jdbcpostgresql-adapter (0.9.7-java)       activerecord-jdbc-adapter (= 0.9.7)       jdbc-postgres (>= 8.4.701)     activeresource (3.0.0)       activemodel (= 3.0.0)       activesupport (= 3.0.0)     activesupport (3.0.0)     arel (1.0.1)       activesupport (~> 3.0.0)     builder (2.1.2)     erubis (2.6.6)       abstract (>= 1.0.0)     i18n (0.4.1)     jdbc-postgres (8.4.701-java)     mail (2.2.5)       activesupport (>= 2.3.6)       mime-types       treetop (>= 1.4.5)     mime-types (1.16)     polyglot (0.3.1)     rack (1.2.1)     rack-mount (0.6.12)       rack (>= 1.0.0)     rack-test (0.5.4)       rack (>= 1.0)     rails (3.0.0)       actionmailer (= 3.0.0)       actionpack (= 3.0.0)       activerecord (= 3.0.0)       activeresource (= 3.0.0)       activesupport (= 3.0.0)       bundler (~> 1.0.0)       railties (= 3.0.0)     railties (3.0.0)       actionpack (= 3.0.0)       activesupport (= 3.0.0)       rake (>= 0.8.4)       thor (~> 0.14.0)     rake (0.8.7)     rubycas-client (2.2.1)       activesupport     thor (0.14.0)     treetop (1.4.8)       polyglot (>= 0.3.1)     tzinfo (0.3.23)     will_paginate (3.0.pre2)

The routes.rb is:

Sacchetti::Application.routes.draw do   get "operator_session/destroy"

  resources :bags

  resources :admins

  resources :districts

  resources :operators do     resources :deliveries   end

  resources :rusers do     resources :deliveries     resources :doc_details     resources :delegates   end

  resource :operator_session

   match ':controller(/:action(/:id(.:format)))' end

I don't understand that get "operator_session/destroy".

4

It just means that it's a GET request from your browser as opposed to POST, PUT, or DELETE http methods. For example: GET would be used when you want to simply load a page, POST would be used if you wanted to submit a form.

This is all pretty well documented in the rails guides:

Luke

5

Yes but I just have resource :operator_session in my routes.rb. My question is: why rails put automatically that get "operator_session/destroy"?

6

If you generated that controller then perhaps rails assumed a GET was the safest thing to default?

7

What command line did you use to generate it ? If you specify only one action I think it assumes that it's a GET request even though destroy would usually correspond with a DELETE request. I suggest you delete the line and forget about it.

Luke