Rails - Apr 2005 - Faking file extension with routes

Is it possible to fake a file extension in routes?
I would like to do something like...
map.connect
'':username/audio/:filename''+''.mp3'',
   :controller => ''files'', :action =>
''download''

I''ve got my files outside of the docroot, so I can''t point 
to them directly, and unfortunatly
ipodder just saves files as the last part of the url (ie 
"download"), so you can''t send it dynamic links....errrr

joshua

On Thursday 21 April 2005 04:24 pm, joshua wrote:
> Is it possible to fake a file extension in routes?
> I would like to do something like...
> map.connect
'':username/audio/:filename''+''.mp3'',
>    :controller => ''files'', :action =>
''download''
The following route would ensure the :filename portion of the url ends in 
''.mp3'' before invoking the download action on the files
controller:

map.connect '':username/audio/:filename'',
  :controller => ''files'', :action =>
''download'',
  :requirements => {:filename => /\.mp3$/}

However, I believe, it would require the :filename parameter always include 
the .mp3 extension when using url_for based methods eg:

url_for :controller => ''files'', :action =>
''download'', :username => ''johnson'',
  :filename => ''mymusic.mp3''

Also the @params[''filename''] value would end in .mp3 using
this method.

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On Thursday 21 April 2005 17:12, Micah Alles wrote:
> map.connect '':username/audio/:filename'',
>   :controller => ''files'', :action =>
''download'',
>   :requirements => {:filename => /\.mp3$/}
You might need/want:

:requirements => {:filename => /^.*\.mp3$/}

You can also override to_param on your model class

class MyModel
  def to_param() self.filename end
end

url_for ..., :filename => @model_instance

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