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Corey
Corey

Reputation: 2563

Rails: Resourceful routes using either UUID or Slug

In my Rails app, I want to allow my resourceful routes to get the record via either the UUID parameter or the Slug.

Basically I want /users/aafdbc47-b427-4be9-bf4b-4b6c4e9b8303 or /users/sireltonjohn to work. These are two separate fields in my schema, UUID and Slug respectively. Primarily so I have a non-changing direct link to the user (since the user can change their Slug).

I'm a relative newb to Rails so I'm trying to figure out how, in my routes.rb, to allow that route to work.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 791

Answers (1)

razvans
razvans

Reputation: 3251

Both /users/aafdbc47-b427-4be9-bf4b-4b6c4e9b8303 and /users/sireltonjohn are routed to users/:id which is the show action from UsersController (if we are following the rails convetions)

Here's a simple way to do it (wrote this from mind)

# app/controllers/users_controller.rb
class UsersController < ApplicationRecord
  before_action :find_user, only: :show

  def show
    p @user
  end

  private
  
  def find_user
    @user = User.where('uuid = :key OR slug = :key', key: params[:id]).first
  end 
end

# routes.rb
resources :users

You could check friendly_id, see if it suits you.

Upvotes: 1

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