Hey All I''m new to the whole RESTful way of thinking so perhaps I''m missing the bigger picture here but.... I''ve got a habtm relationship that I''d really like to control RESTfully but I''m not sure how best to handle it. films <=> genres I can''t come up with any logical model for a hmt relationship. How would you handle that? Create a films_genres model perhaps? Is there a better way? Thanks! Tim -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
REST doesn''t really apply to the model level, as far as I know (I''m a noob myself with the concept). It''s at the controller level. Set up your habtm models normally, using the Agile Rails book as an example if necessary. Then implement your RESTful routes which will give you URLs like this: /films/562/genres/ /genres/17/films/ The routes would look like this: map.resources :films do |film| film.resources :genres, :prefix_path => ''film_'' end map.resources :genres do |genre| genre.resources :films, :prefix_path => ''genre_'' end This will allow you to use helpers like film_genres_path(@film) to link to a list of genres for a specific film. Or, "form_for :film, :url => genre_films_path(@genre)" to add a new film to a genre. This last command may need (@genre,nil) as arguments I''ve found... the RESTful stuff seems to sometimes need a blank argument explicitly when there are similar routes configured. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
> I''ve got a habtm relationship that I''d really like to controlRESTfully> but I''m not sure how best to handle it.REST hasn''t changed the way habtm relationships work. You can implement the habtm models as before. Then create the routes like so: map.resources :genres do |genre| genre.resources :films end If you scaffold the resources, they''ll need a little tweaking to get the paths right but there''s plenty of information on how to proceed out there. (There''s a fine example in AWDWR 2nd.) Roderick -- Nedforce Informatica Specialisten B.V. http://www.nedforce.nl +31 (0)53 4500225 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Tim McIntyre wrote:> I''ve got a habtm relationship that I''d really like to control RESTfully > but I''m not sure how best to handle it. > > films <=> genres > > I can''t come up with any logical model for a hmt relationship. How > would you handle that? Create a films_genres model perhaps? Is there a > better way?>From my understanding, the RESTful way of doing this would be to createa join model, perhaps called Categorisation, and then use that instead of a HABTM. If you created a Categorisation model that belongs to both film and genre, with both of those having has_many xxx, :through => :categorisation. You can then create a Categorisations Controller with the relevant CRUD methods to handle the film <=> genre relationship. For example, creating a new Categorisation effectively relates to assigning a particular genre to a film. Ben --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---