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AndrewP
AndrewP

Reputation: 1087

How to simplify this routes.rb code?

Here's my current routes.rb code:

Mysite::Application.routes.draw do
  get "pages/home"

  get "pages/about"

  get "pages/resume"

  get "pages/contact"

  root :to => "pages#home"

  match "/about", to: "pages#about"
  match "/resume", to: "pages#resume"
  match "/contact", to: "pages#contact"
end

Is there a way to simplify my routing of the root directory to the pages controller? Instead of matching every single route off the root directory to a pages controller action, could I instead match the entire root directory to the pages controller itself?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 174

Answers (4)

RahulOnRails
RahulOnRails

Reputation: 6542

Mysite::Application.routes.draw do
# Layout
  resources :pages do
    get 'about' => 'pages#about', :on => :collection
    get 'resume' => 'pages#resume', :on => :collection
    get 'contact' => 'pages#contact', :on => :collection
  end
  match 'About' => 'pages#about', :as => :About
  match 'Resume' => 'pages#resume', :as => :Resume
  match 'Contact' => 'pages#contact', :as => :Contact
  root :to => "pages#home"
end

Now you can use directly this matches like 

<a href='/Contact'>Contact Us</a>

Upvotes: 0

Martin M
Martin M

Reputation: 8638

If you really want to route the entire root directory to the pages controller, you can draw a cath all route:

  match '/*path', to: 'pages#show'

doing so at the end of your routes catches all requests not previeously defined. In your pages#show you can inspect the path and try to find matching pages i.e.

  search =  params[:path].split('/').last

gets the last part of the path and

  @page = Page.find_by_titel_or_id search

tries to find an matching page by title. (So done by CMS like refinery_cms)

Upvotes: 0

ENegriy
ENegriy

Reputation: 1

If you want that path like "pages/about" then

Mysite::Application.routes.draw do

  root :to => "pages#home"

  scope '/pages' do
    match "/about", to: "pages#about"
    match "/resume", to: "pages#resume"
    match "/contact", to: "pages#contact"
  end

end

Upvotes: 0

Substantial
Substantial

Reputation: 6682

Remove the first four gets. Your root and match declarations will work just fine.

Mysite::Application.routes.draw do

  match "/about", to: "pages#about"
  match "/resume", to: "pages#resume"
  match "/contact", to: "pages#contact"
  root :to => "pages#home"

end

Upvotes: 1

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