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DAZ

2007-Aug-20 09:54 UTC

Simplifying RESTful urls

Hi, If I am making an application that has a programmes model which
has many episodes, and use nested resourses like so:

map.resources :programmes do |programmes|
  programmes.resources :episodes
end

This then produces urls like so:

/programmes/4/episodes/5

If I then use permalins, I can get them to look like this:

/programmes/simpsons/episodes/bart-the-general


Is there any way of removing the references to the models in the url?
So the url would look like:

/simpsons/bart-the-general

Thanks,

DAZ


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Jeremy McAnally

2007-Aug-20 15:03 UTC

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Re: Simplifying RESTful urls

Don''t use the built-in RESTful routing. :)  Or define your own custom
routes:

map.connect '':show_name/:episode_id'', :controller =>
''episodes'',
:action => ''show''

I''m not sure that''s a valid route, but it would look something
like
that.  In theory, that would minimize the amount of code you''d need to
change in your controllers.

--Jeremy

On 8/20/07, DAZ <daz4126-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:>
> Hi, If I am making an application that has a programmes model which
> has many episodes, and use nested resourses like so:
>
> map.resources :programmes do |programmes|
>   programmes.resources :episodes
> end
>
> This then produces urls like so:
>
> /programmes/4/episodes/5
>
> If I then use permalins, I can get them to look like this:
>
> /programmes/simpsons/episodes/bart-the-general
>
>
> Is there any way of removing the references to the models in the url?
> So the url would look like:
>
> /simpsons/bart-the-general
>
> Thanks,
>
> DAZ
>
>
> >
>

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dblack-TKXtfPMJ4Ozk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org

2007-Aug-20 15:12 UTC

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Re: Simplifying RESTful urls

Hi --

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Jeremy McAnally wrote:
>
> On 8/20/07, DAZ <daz4126-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>>
>> Hi, If I am making an application that has a programmes model which
>> has many episodes, and use nested resourses like so:
>>
>> map.resources :programmes do |programmes|
>>   programmes.resources :episodes
>> end
>>
>> This then produces urls like so:
>>
>> /programmes/4/episodes/5
>>
>> If I then use permalins, I can get them to look like this:
>>
>> /programmes/simpsons/episodes/bart-the-general
>>
>>
>> Is there any way of removing the references to the models in the url?
>> So the url would look like:
>>
>> /simpsons/bart-the-general
>>
>
> Don''t use the built-in RESTful routing. :)  Or define your own
custom routes:
>
> map.connect '':show_name/:episode_id'', :controller =>
''episodes'',
> :action => ''show''
>
> I''m not sure that''s a valid route, but it would look
something like
> that.  In theory, that would minimize the amount of code you''d
need to
> change in your controllers.
It''s valid route, but it''s a bit "greedy", in the
sense that if you
also had:

   map.connect '':actor_name/:movie_id''

or something, you''d have two '':wildcard/:wildcard''
routes, of which
the first to be defined would "win" for all ''x/y''
URLs. This may or
may not become a problem in a given application, but I''ve found that
it does tend to become one :-)

You could tweak it with regex matching for the various wildcards, if
that''s appropriate.


David

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AndyV

2007-Aug-20 15:59 UTC

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Re: Simplifying RESTful urls

Not only that, but the routes that include the resource names might be
very handy with respect to SEO.  That is, you might get higher on a
list for someone searching for a "Simpsons episode..." if your url
includes both.

If using the name, rather than the id, is something that you can
commit to as a universal design decision for your urls then there''s a
pretty easy way to make the pretty urls without changing the routing.
ActiveRecord objects make use of the ''to_param'' method when
they are
used as parameters to a method call.  By default they return the
record id.  That''s why the call:

episode_path(@simpsons, @bart_the_general)

comes out like /programmes/4/episodes/5

If you simply override the method then you can use the same routing
but the names instead:

class Programme
  ...
  def to_param
    self.name.dasherize
  end
end

class Episode
  ...
  def to_param
    self.name.dasherize
  end
end

(Having written that twice I see a refactoring coming on... :)

Now your call to episode_path should produce:

/programmes/simpsons/episode/bart-the-general

The remaining work to be done is to update your controllers, making
them capable of finding the objects based on the dasherized name.


HTH,
AndyV
On Aug 20, 11:12 am, dbl...-TKXtfPMJ4Ozk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org
wrote:> Hi --
>
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Jeremy McAnally wrote:
>
> > On 8/20/07, DAZ
<daz4...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> >> Hi, If I am making an application that has a programmes model
which
> >> has many episodes, and use nested resourses like so:
>
> >> map.resources :programmes do |programmes|
> >>   programmes.resources :episodes
> >> end
>
> >> This then produces urls like so:
>
> >> /programmes/4/episodes/5
>
> >> If I then use permalins, I can get them to look like this:
>
> >> /programmes/simpsons/episodes/bart-the-general
>
> >> Is there any way of removing the references to the models in the
url?
> >> So the url would look like:
>
> >> /simpsons/bart-the-general
>
> > Don''t use the built-in RESTful routing. :)  Or define your
own custom routes:
>
> > map.connect '':show_name/:episode_id'', :controller
=> ''episodes'',
> > :action => ''show''
>
> > I''m not sure that''s a valid route, but it would look
something like
> > that.  In theory, that would minimize the amount of code
you''d need to
> > change in your controllers.
>
> It''s valid route, but it''s a bit "greedy", in
the sense that if you
> also had:
>
>    map.connect '':actor_name/:movie_id''
>
> or something, you''d have two
'':wildcard/:wildcard'' routes, of which
> the first to be defined would "win" for all
''x/y'' URLs. This may or
> may not become a problem in a given application, but I''ve found
that
> it does tend to become one :-)
>
> You could tweak it with regex matching for the various wildcards, if
> that''s appropriate.
>
> David
>
> --
> * Books:
>    RAILS ROUTING (new!http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321509242)
>    RUBY FOR RAILS (http://www.manning.com/black)
> * Ruby/Rails training
>      & consulting:  Ruby Power and Light, LLC (http://www.rubypal.com)

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Naresh Rana

2008-Feb-11 09:38 UTC

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Re: Simplifying RESTful urls

I m looking for the same...
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Naresh Rana

2008-Feb-11 09:40 UTC

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Re: Simplifying RESTful urls

Naresh Rana wrote:> I m looking for the same...

/domain/action/id/title

i want to make my url look likie this,,,

/domain/action/title


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