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rubyprince
rubyprince

Reputation: 17803

No route matches when . character comes inside a parameter

I have a route like this:

match '/pages/:name/preview' =>  'pages#page_preview'

But, it is giving me an error 'No route matches', when a route like this comes /pages/a.com/preview. I tried URL encoding the . character to %2E, but then also, the same error comes. I have also setup resources on the pages (resources :pages) before defining the preview route.

The route is working fine for all other routes, which do not have . character in the name parameter (space and ? etc are working fine)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 181

Answers (1)

sjain
sjain

Reputation: 23344

This is because the dot is used as a separator for formatted routes. To get out of this, add a constraint which overrides this.

match '/pages/:name/preview' =>  'pages#page_preview', :constraints => { :name => /[^\/]+/ }

This will allows anything except a slash.

Upvotes: 4

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