CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ruby-on-railsruby-on-rails-3
jcollum
jcollum

Reputation: 46613

how do I ignore a term in a route?

I'm creating a route that should have an optional/ignored last term.

Like so:

/product/12345/Dark-Knight-Rises # last term is just there for a nice URL

I was thinking, from reading the docs, that I'd just be able to wildcard the last term:

match 'product/:uid/*full_name' => 'product#view', :via => [:get]

That didn't work. I did get this to work: 

match 'product/:uid/:full_name'   => 'product#view', :via => [:get]
match 'product/:uid'              => 'product#view', :via => [:get]

But, well, it seems like this should be doable in one line. Yes?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 45

Answers (2)

Soundar Rathinasamy
Soundar Rathinasamy

Reputation: 6728

Below single line should work

match 'product/:uid/:full_name'   => 'product#view', :via => [:get]

Upvotes: 0

Leo Correa
Leo Correa

Reputation: 19839

match 'product/:uid(/:full_name)' => 'product#view', :via => [:get] is what you are looking for

The parenthesis make the full_name an optional parameter which you can just ignore since all you want is a pretty URL.

Upvotes: 2

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