Rails - Nov 2006 - removing 'controller_id' completely from URLs

Hi all,

Relative RoR newbie here. I''ve been researching routes, but I
haven''t
found what I need.

I have an app which has one primary controller (store) which provides  
a web UI (there are several other controllers for internal
''stuff'').
What I''m trying to do is _completely_ remove the controller name from  
all generated URLs.

Here''s what I currently have in the routes file:

	ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
	  ...
	  map.connect '''', :controller => ''store''
	  map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''
	  ...
	end

In my templates, the following link_to

	<%= link_to "Home", :action => "index" -%>

generates the following URL:

	http://localhost:3000/

Any action other than ''index'' seems to insert the controller
name
into the URL. For example, this link_to

	<%= link_to "News", :action => "display_news" -%>

generates the following URL:

	http://localhost:3000/store/display_news

What I would like the previous link_to to generate is:

	http://localhost:3000/display_news

Any help is appreciated.

Carpe viam,
Mike

Michael Larocque
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Prolumina Communications Inc.
http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/




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On 20 November 2006, at 11:32 , Michael Larocque wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Relative RoR newbie here. I''ve been researching routes, but I  
> haven''t found what I need.
>
> I have an app which has one primary controller (store) which  
> provides a web UI (there are several other controllers for internal  
> ''stuff''). What I''m trying to do is _completely_
remove the
> controller name from all generated URLs.
>
> Here''s what I currently have in the routes file:
>
> 	ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
> 	  ...
> 	< /SPAN>  map.connect '''', :controller =>
''store''
> 	  map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''
> 	  ...
> 	end
>
Hmm, not sure how that got munged. routes.rb looks like this:

ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   map.connect '''', :controller => ''store''
   map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''
end

> In my templates, the following link_to
>
> 	<%= link_to "Home", :action => "index" -%>
>
> generates the following URL:
>
> 	http://localhost:3000/
>
> Any action other than ''index'' seems to insert the
controller name
> into the URL. For example, this link_to
>
> 	<%= link_to "News", :action => "display_news"
-%>
>
> generates the following URL:
>
> 	http://localhost:3000/store/display_news
>
> What I would like the previous link_to to generate is:
>
> 	http://localhost:3000/display_news
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Carpe viam,
> Mike
>
> Michael Larocque
> Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
> Prolumina Communications Inc.
> http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/
>
>
>
> >
Carpe viam,
Mike

Michael Larocque
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Prolumina Communications Inc.
http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/




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> > What I would like the previous link_to to generate is:
>
> >    http://localhost:3000/display_news
>
Try adding the following to your routes.rb.. it should have the desired
result.

map.connect ''/display_news'', :controller =>
''store'', :action =>
''display_news''

Neil


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On 2006-Nov-20, at 15:25 , NeilB wrote:
>
>>> What I would like the previous link_to to generate is:
>>
>>>    http://localhost:3000/display_news
>>
> Try adding the following to your routes.rb.. it should have the  
> desired
> result.
>
> map.connect ''/display_news'', :controller =>
''store'', :action =>
> ''display_news''
>
> Neil
But that requires updates to routes.rb whenever I add a method to the  
store controller. Not good.

Essentially, any time I generate a link to an action within the  
''store'' controller, I want the the URL to be of the form:

	http://example.com/action/whatever...

and _not_

	http://example.com/store/action/whatever...

There''s got to be a simple way to do this.

Carpe viam,
Mike

Michael Larocque
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Prolumina Communications Inc.
http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/



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Don''t have rails here to test this out on but I believe this would
work:

map.root ''/:action'', :controller =>
''store''

This I believe will capture all "http://server:port/:action" calls and
route
them to the StoreController and the proper action.

I usually name my routes for easy link generation, that''s why
it''s map.root
instead of map.connect.

Curtis

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From: "Michael Larocque"
<mlarocque-aVEx+fnPBL6B+jHODAdFcQ@public.gmane.org>
To: <rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 9:35 PM
Subject: [Rails] Re: removing ''controller_id'' completely from
URLs

>
>
> On 2006-Nov-20, at 15:25 , NeilB wrote:
>
> >
> >>> What I would like the previous link_to to generate is:
> >>
> >>>    http://localhost:3000/display_news
> >>
> > Try adding the following to your routes.rb.. it should have the
> > desired
> > result.
> >
> > map.connect ''/display_news'', :controller =>
''store'', :action =>
> > ''display_news''
> >
> > Neil
>
> But that requires updates to routes.rb whenever I add a method to the
> store controller. Not good.
>
> Essentially, any time I generate a link to an action within the
> ''store'' controller, I want the the URL to be of the form:
>
> http://example.com/action/whatever...
>
> and _not_
>
> http://example.com/store/action/whatever...
>
> There''s got to be a simple way to do this.
>
> Carpe viam,
> Mike
>
> Michael Larocque
> Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
> Prolumina Communications Inc.
> http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/
>
>
>
> 
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On 20 November 2006, at 19:50 , Curtis Hatter wrote:
>
> Don''t have rails here to test this out on but I believe this would
> work:
>
> map.root ''/:action'', :controller =>
''store''
>
> This I believe will capture all "http://server:port/:action"
calls
> and route
> them to the StoreController and the proper action.
>
> I usually name my routes for easy link generation, that''s why
it''s
> map.root
> instead of map.connect.
>
> Curtis
Thanks Curtis. That seems to have pointed me in the right direction.  
Currently, I have

ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   map.connect ''account'', :controller =>
''account''  # login
   map.root ''/:action/:id'', :controller =>
''store''
   map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''
end

and this seems to work.

Carpe viam,
Mike

Michael Larocque
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Prolumina Communications Inc.
http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/



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The order of the routes makes a big difference. Out of curiosity what happens
currently if you go to a :controller/:action (leaving out the
''/:id'' portion?)

For example, if you have ''cart'' controller and you try to
access http://server:port/cart/index does it work? I''m wondering if the
map.root rule will match it instead thinking that you mean
''cart'' = '':action'' and
''index'' = '':id''. You should be fine as long
as it''s '':controller/:action/:id'' since that
won''t match the map.root rule (cause it has 3 parts). Also what happens
if you do http://server.port/cart (which I would cause you want to be the cart
controller with the default action of index).

If that does happen you may want to move map.root to the bottom and specify a
requirements on '':controller/:action/:id'' such that it
doesn''t match your store controller.

map.connect '':controller/:action/:id, :requirements => { :controller
=> /(?!store)/ }

I believe that requirement regex will work (haven''t tried zero-width
negative look-ahead assertions in routes yet.

Just some things you might want to look into.
Curtis

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Larocque <mlarocque-aVEx+fnPBL6B+jHODAdFcQ@public.gmane.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:14
Subject: [Rails] Re: removing ''controller_id'' completely from
URLs
To: rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
> 
> 
> On 20 November 2006, at 19:50 , Curtis Hatter wrote:
> 
> >
> > Don''t have rails here to test this out on but I believe this 
> would  
> > work:
> >
> > map.root ''/:action'', :controller =>
''store''
> >
> > This I believe will capture all "http://server:port/:action"
> calls  
> > and route
> > them to the StoreController and the proper action.
> >
> > I usually name my routes for easy link generation, that''s why
> it''s  
> > map.root
> > instead of map.connect.
> >
> > Curtis
> 
> Thanks Curtis. That seems to have pointed me in the right 
> direction.  
> Currently, I have
> 
> ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
>    map.connect ''account'', :controller => 
> ''account''  # login
>    map.root ''/:action/:id'', :controller =>
''store''
>    map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''
> end
> 
> and this seems to work.
> 
> Carpe viam,
> Mike
> 
> Michael Larocque
> Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
> Prolumina Communications Inc.
> http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/
> 
> 
> 
> > 
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On 21 November 2006, at 08:46 ,
<curtis.hatter-xOqKmqBdiMhF6kxbq+BtvQ@public.gmane.org>
<curtis.hatter-xOqKmqBdiMhF6kxbq+BtvQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> The order of the routes makes a big difference. Out of curiosity  
> what happens currently if you go to a :controller/:action (leaving  
> out the ''/:id'' portion?)
>
> For example, if you have ''cart'' controller and you try to
access
> http://server:port/cart/index does it work? I''m wondering if the  
> map.root rule will match it instead thinking that you mean
''cart'' =
> '':action'' and ''index'' =
'':id''. You should be fine as long as it''s
> '':controller/:action/:id'' since that won''t match
the map.root rule
> (cause it has 3 parts). Also what happens if you do http:// 
> server.port/cart (which I would cause you want to be the cart  
> controller with the default action of index).
>
> If that does happen you may want to move map.root to the bottom and  
> specify a requirements on '':controller/:action/:id'' such
that it
> doesn''t match your store controller.
>
> map.connect '':controller/:action/:id, :requirements =>  
> { :controller => /(?!store)/ }
>
> I believe that requirement regex will work (haven''t tried zero- 
> width negative look-ahead assertions in routes yet.
>
> Just some things you might want to look into.
> Curtis
Thanks Curtis,

Yeah, I''m looking into this some more - after further testing I was  
seeing several problems. I''m looking into this now - thanks for the  
suggestions above.

Carpe viam,
Mike

Michael Larocque
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Prolumina Communications Inc.
http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/



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On 21 November 2006, at 08:46 ,
<curtis.hatter-xOqKmqBdiMhF6kxbq+BtvQ@public.gmane.org>
<curtis.hatter-xOqKmqBdiMhF6kxbq+BtvQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> If that does happen you may want to move map.root to the bottom and  
> specify a requirements on '':controller/:action/:id'' such
that it
> doesn''t match your store controller.
>
> map.connect '':controller/:action/:id, :requirements =>  
> { :controller => /(?!store)/ }
>
> I believe that requirement regex will work (haven''t tried zero- 
> width negative look-ahead assertions in routes yet.
>
> Just some things you might want to look into.
> Curtis
Thanks Curtis. That seems to have done the trick.

Carpe viam,
Mike

Michael Larocque
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Prolumina Communications Inc.
http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/



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