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Wayne Molina
Wayne Molina

Reputation: 19596

Can I map resources to a different controller?

I have my resources already defined, but a client wants to change the names of the URLs to match their brand (e.g. something like "catalog" when the resource is currently "products"). Can I specify a different controller name with a resource so I can get all the built-in resources functionality without having to actually rename the controller and model names?

Upvotes: 17

Views: 11797

Answers (3)

BenKoshy
BenKoshy

Reputation: 35645

The rails guide specifies how to use specific controllers for certain routes.

You can do something like this:

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  resources :products, controller: "catalog"       
end

This maps products to the catalog controller.

Conventions: consider pluralising the controller name

  • but rails conventions suggests you should pluralise your controller name.
  • So use "catalogs" (plural) instead of the singular "catalog". (I think you mean 'catalogues' which is the correct spelling)

Upvotes: 6

Ryan Bigg
Ryan Bigg

Reputation: 107728

For the record: map.resources :products, :controller => "catalog" is how you do this.

Upvotes: 37

Wayne Molina
Wayne Molina

Reputation: 19596

Okay it looks like it's as simple as adding the controller name, and it seems to be working. Nevermind!

Upvotes: 0

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