I converted one of my projects over to Edge Rails so I could start
playing with REST. It was a piece of cake and everything seems to work
great, except....
A couple of my controllers (providing wikki like functionality) expect
text strings rather than ID Integers in the URL. Pre-REST, my routes.rd
contained...
map.connect ''wikki/:action/:title'',
:controller => ''wikki''
And the controllers checked params[:title] to know which page to work
with. The URL''s look like mysite.org/wikki/show/MainPage
The table still has an ''id'' column, since Rails likes that,
but I''ve
added an additional index on the title column, since that''s what
I''ll
usually be using to look up pages.
This is probably because I''ve only just started working with REST, but
I
haven''t found a RESTful way to map certain parts of the URL to
alternate
param keys. REST seems to expect that last field to always, always,
always be :id... which I''m sure I can work with if necessary, but...
:title is so much more descriptive and accurate. I''d really prefer to
have my controllers do `WikkiPage.find_by_title(params[:title])`, and
keep the beautiful RESTFUL URL''s like
''mysite.org/wikki/MainPage''.
Maybe what I''m trying to do just isn''t appropriate with REST,
or I''m
overlooking something obvious. Any suggestions or enlightening would be
greatly appreciated.
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Hello Jon,> This is probably because I've only just started working > with REST, but I haven't found a RESTful way to map > certain parts of the URL to alternate param keys. REST > seems to expect that last field to always, always, always > be :id... which I'm sure I can work with if necessary, but... > :title is so much more descriptive and accurate. I'd really > prefer to have my controllers do `WikkiPage.find_by_title( > params[:title])`, and keep the beautiful RESTFUL URL's like > 'mysite.org/wikki/MainPage'. Maybe what I'm trying to do > just isn't appropriate with REST, or I'm overlooking something > obvious. Any suggestions or enlightening would be > greatly appreciated.Have a look at resource_hacks plugin : http://www.jvoorhis.com/articles/2006/08/01/announcing-resource_hacks code here : http://svn.planetargon.org/rails/plugins/resource_hacks HTH, -- Jean-François. -- À la renverse. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
AhHA! Thanks. Jean-François wrote:> Have a look at resource_hacks plugin : > > http://www.jvoorhis.com/articles/2006/08/01/announcing-resource_hacks > > code here : > http://svn.planetargon.org/rails/plugins/resource_hacks > > HTH, > > -- Jean-François. > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---