i have this set up map.connect ''startrekvoyager/episodes'', :controller => ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id => 2 but when i call link_to "Voyager", :controller => :categories, :action => :show, :id => 2 it comes up as http://brocoum.com/voter/categories/show/2 i want it to come up as http://brocoum.com/voter/startrekvoyager/episodes just so it''s more readable is there a way to do this "reverse" route lookup? Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Feb 22, 2008, at 2:11 AM, Stedwick wrote:> i have this set up > map.connect ''startrekvoyager/episodes'', :controller => > ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id => 2 > > but when i call > link_to "Voyager", :controller => :categories, :action => :show, :id > => 2 > > it comes up as > http://brocoum.com/voter/categories/show/2 > > i want it to come up as > http://brocoum.com/voter/startrekvoyager/episodes > > just so it''s more readable > > is there a way to do this "reverse" route lookup? > > Thanks!Try removing the default route or placing it after the route you wish to have precedence. -Rob Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com Rob-xa9cJyRlE0mWcWVYNo9pwxS2lgjeYSpx@public.gmane.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Arranging it hasnt worked, and i cant get rid of the defaults because ill need them for other things. Heres my routes: map.home '''', :controller => ''categories'' map.connect ''startrekvoyager/episodes'', :controller => ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id => 2 map.connect ''startrekdeepspacenine/episodes'', :controller => ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id => 4 map.connect ''startrekvoyager/characters'', :controller => ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id => 5 map.connect ''startrekdeepspacenine/characters'', :controller => ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id => 6 # Allow downloading Web Service WSDL as a file with an extension # instead of a file named ''wsdl'' map.connect '':controller/service.wsdl'', :action => ''wsdl'' # Install the default route as the lowest priority. map.connect '':controller/:action/:id.:format'' map.connect '':controller/:action/:id'' --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Feb 22, 2008, at 11:55 AM, Stedwick wrote:> Arranging it hasnt worked, and i cant get rid of the defaults because > ill need them for other things. Heres my routes:Well, you can eliminate the need for default routes ;-) Seriously, use map.resources or with_options :controller => ''some'' do |s| s.bar ''foo/bar'', :action => ''show'', :id => 1 s.baz ''foo/baz'', :action => ''show'', :id => 2 end and make sure there''s only one possible match for a given set of parameters. If you use named routes rather than map.connect everywhere, you can: map.stv_episodes(''startrekvoyager/episodes'', :controller => ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id => 2) link_to "Star Trek Voyager: Episodes", stv_episodes_path rather than specifying the id (which ties you to the particulars of the data that I would personally avoid, but at least the change would be limited to your routes file). -Rob Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com Rob-xa9cJyRlE0mWcWVYNo9pwxS2lgjeYSpx@public.gmane.org> map.home '''', :controller => ''categories'' > > map.connect ''startrekvoyager/episodes'', :controller => > ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id => 2 > map.connect ''startrekdeepspacenine/episodes'', :controller => > ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id => 4 > > map.connect ''startrekvoyager/characters'', :controller => > ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id => 5 > map.connect ''startrekdeepspacenine/characters'', :controller => > ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id => 6 > > # Allow downloading Web Service WSDL as a file with an extension > # instead of a file named ''wsdl'' > map.connect '':controller/service.wsdl'', :action => ''wsdl'' > > # Install the default route as the lowest priority. > map.connect '':controller/:action/:id.:format'' > map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
The reason I can''t use named routes is because I''m writing my "index" page. You can see it here. http://www.brocoum.com/voter/ Also, everything is stored generically in my database. I wanted it to be as flexible as possible. In other words, not everything is going to be Star Trek, or a TV show, or have characters and episodes. The entire backend is simply an acts_as_tree Category model and an Item model. Each category has subcategories, and the subcategories have items. Who knows, I might want to vote on fruit one day :-) Anyway, a named route like st_voy_url will never work because I will never manually link to it. My index page simply iterates over all categories with items and spits out an unordered list. Does it make sense what I''m saying and what I''m trying to do? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Two basic options. First you can create a named route:
map.<route_name> ''route'', :controller=>...
That way you can build your link_to''s, etc using <route_name>_url
and
<route_name>_path. You''ll probably have to ditch the forward
slash in
favor or a dash, however.
Second, you can override the ''to_param'' method of
ActiveRecord::Base.
By default it returns the id of the record but you can tell it to
return anything... including text. With that in mind I''d suggest
something like this:
class TelevisionSeries
has_many :episodes
has_many :characters
def to_param
name.gsub(/\s+/, ''_'').dasherize
end
...
end
With that you can use the default RESTfully named routes if you also
nest the routes like so:
map.resources :television_series |tv|
tv.has_many :episodes
tv.has_many :characters
end
Which will result in routes like this:
http://localhost:3000/television_series/deep-space-nine/episodes
http://localhost:3000/television_series/deep-space-nine/characters
The last thing to remember is that you''ll receive the dasherized name
of the series in params[:id] so you''ll have to operate on it before
attempting to find... and you''ll use find_by_name.
On Feb 22, 2:11 am, Stedwick
<philip.broc...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> i have this set up
> map.connect ''startrekvoyager/episodes'', :controller =>
> ''categories'', :action => ''show'', :id
=> 2
>
> but when i call
> link_to "Voyager", :controller => :categories, :action =>
:show, :id
> => 2
>
> it comes up ashttp://brocoum.com/voter/categories/show/2
>
> i want it to come up ashttp://brocoum.com/voter/startrekvoyager/episodes
>
> just so it''s more readable
>
> is there a way to do this "reverse" route lookup?
>
> Thanks!
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On Feb 22, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Stedwick wrote:> The reason I can''t use named routes is because I''m writing my "index" > page. > > You can see it here. > http://www.brocoum.com/voter/ > > Also, everything is stored generically in my database. I wanted it to > be as flexible as possible. In other words, not everything is going to > be Star Trek, or a TV show, or have characters and episodes. > > The entire backend is simply an acts_as_tree Category model and an > Item model. Each category has subcategories, and the subcategories > have items. Who knows, I might want to vote on fruit one day :-) > > Anyway, a named route like st_voy_url will never work because I will > never manually link to it. My index page simply iterates over all > categories with items and spits out an unordered list. > > Does it make sense what I''m saying and what I''m trying to do?Well, I don''t think you''ll ever be able to get URLs to look as nice that way, but I see what you mean. Have you considered overriding #to_param in your model to be something like a permalink? At least then your URL would be something like: http://www.brocoum.com/voter/categories/show/2-star-trek-voyager-episodes -Rob Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com Rob-xa9cJyRlE0mWcWVYNo9pwxS2lgjeYSpx@public.gmane.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
> Well, I don''t think you''ll ever be able to get URLs to look as nice > that way, but I see what you mean. Have you considered overriding > #to_param in your model to be something like a permalink? At least > then your URL would be something like: > > http://www.brocoum.com/voter/categories/show/2-star-trek-voyager-epis... > > -Rob > > Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com > R...-xa9cJyRlE0mWcWVYNo9pwxS2lgjeYSpx@public.gmane.orgwhoa, that link URL actually works :-) I guess you can put anything you want after the number. thanks for all the help you guys, I''m not sure what I''ll do, but it''s not really a big deal anyways. I might just use named routes and manually link them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---