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gylaz
gylaz

Reputation: 13581

Routes with multiple, optional, and pretty parameters

I have a situation where I'm in need to constructing pretty url paths.

I have a FilesController that need to handle URLs like:

mydomain.com/files/path/dir1/dir2/user/bob
mydomain.com/files/path/dir1/user/bob
mydomain.com/files/path/dir1
mydomain.com/files/user/bob

In the controller, I want params[:path] to contain everything between /path and /user and params[:user] to contain anything after /user (assuming only one user and it's optional).

I'm looking for the best way to do this, preferable with just one statement in the routes.rb file. The trickiest part, I think, is that after /path an actual path to a file might be provided, N times deep.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3295

Answers (2)

Chris Heald
Chris Heald

Reputation: 62698

You want route globbing:

match 'files/*path/user/:user' => 'user#files'

You might also need to add an additional route for the case where there is no path:

match 'files/user/:user' => 'user#files'

Upvotes: 4

gylaz
gylaz

Reputation: 13581

Thanks to Chris Heald's answer, I ended up going with this, which fit the scenario:

match 'files/user/:user' => 'files#index'
match 'files/path/*path/user/:user' => 'files#index'
match 'files/path/*path' => 'files#index'

Still wondering if this could've been handled with a one-liner.

Upvotes: 1

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