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user3382880
user3382880

Reputation: 33

routes matching in ruby on rails

i am new to ruby on rails.

Can anyone please explain about routes in ruby on rails.

         example:
        match 'dash_bw' :to 'reports#dash_bw'

How it link to controller,can please explain. 'report#dash_bw' Here we writing class name that define in controller, is it write ? If it wrong please explain how it link to controller and view. please don't mind i am learning, my own please explain . right side of routes match is class name or directory name. Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 93

Answers (2)

Kirti Thorat
Kirti Thorat

Reputation: 53018

First of all, the route should look like:

match 'dash_bw',  to: 'reports#dash_bw', via: :get

which will create a route like 

dash_bw GET    /dash_bw(.:format)                   reports#dash_bw

You can check the routes by running rake routes command.

When you access http://yourdomain.com/dash_bw in the browser which will call dash_bw action in your ReportsController (because of reports#dash_bw).

Also, you could also use the new way to define the routes as:

 get 'dash_bw', to: 'reports#dash_bw', as: :dash_bw

Here we writing class name that define in controller, is it write ?

To answer the above question, you specify the class name of the controller, but not the complete name just the prefix part before the Controller.

For example: if your controller name is ReportsController then you specify reports(in lower case) in your to: option i.e., to: reports#dash_bw part. Please note that dash_bw is your action name.

Upvotes: 5

spiria
spiria

Reputation: 106

'reports#dash_bw'

refers to Reports Controller, dash_bw Action.

You must have a controller like:

class ReportsController...

    def dash_bw
    ... code here
    end
end

So when the browser hits that route what ends up happening is the dash_bw method gets called.

Upvotes: 0

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