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ZirconCode
ZirconCode

Reputation: 817

Rails Routing and View Helper Names

I have this route defined in my routes.rb:

matc "articles/:id/vote/up" => "articles#vote", :liked=>true

The rake for this route is:

/articles/:id/vote/up(.:format) jokes#vote {:liked=>true}

With the first column being blank. My question is, what would the route helper name be for this link? For example articles_vote_up_path(:id). Is there an uglier way to link to this path? How can I find out?

I'm thinking I misunderstood something, please guide me in the correct direction in that case.

Thank You

Upvotes: 0

Views: 176

Answers (2)

jvnill
jvnill

Reputation: 29599

you need to pass an :as option to use a named route

match "articles/:id/vote/up" => "articles#vote", :liked=>true, as: :article_vote_up

which generates an article_vote_up_path

Upvotes: 1

drewinglis
drewinglis

Reputation: 434

When you run rake routes, you can add _path to the whatever's in the first column on the left, and that's what the route url helper is for that link. For example, here's a line from rake routes on one of my projects:

              subscriptions GET  /subscriptions(.:format) subscriptions#index

The url helper for this url would be subscriptions_path.

Upvotes: 0

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