Hello all.
I have what I think is a pretty common dilemma with Rails routing, and I
haven''t been able to find or come up with a clean/DRY solution.
I have a home controller that is used for displaying real estate
information. I want to be able to show this information on different
platforms in different ways: desktop and mobile. I have seen similar
topics for displaying custom iphone interfaces, but that usually
involved using subdomains, which is not an option for me.
First, here is the relevant routing:
<pre>
map.resource :home
map.with_options :controller => ''home'' do |r|
r.property ''/property/:listing_id'',
:action =>
''show''
r.property_details ''/property/:listing_id/details'',
:action =>
''details''
r.search ''/search'',
:action =>
''search'', :conditions => { :method => :post }
end
</pre>
So what I want to do is have urls that looks like this:
/desktop/property/1 -or-
/mobile/property/2/details
I know that I can add a route like this:
<pre>
r.property ''/:platform/property/:listing_id'',
:action=>''show'',
:target_platform => /(desktop|mobile)/i
</pre>
The problem with this is that it isn''t DRY, as every named route would
now need the /:platform/ prefix added to it. Additionally, every URL I
want to call would explicitly need to specify the platform, like so
(again not DRY):
property_path(:listing => 1, :platform => ''desktop'')
Finally, I know you can add custom respond_to with Rails 2.0 (e.g
request.format = :iphone), but I want to allow the user to select the
format, not purely based on detection.
Anyway, if you are still reading this, thank you. I''d greatly
appreciate any sort of help. I have seen similar discussions
surrounding internationalization (e.g. /en/home/ vs /fr/home).
Thanks again.
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On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 02:40 +0100, Chris Johnson wrote:> Hello all. > > I have what I think is a pretty common dilemma with Rails routing, and I > haven''t been able to find or come up with a clean/DRY solution. > > I have a home controller that is used for displaying real estate > information. I want to be able to show this information on different > platforms in different ways: desktop and mobile. I have seen similar > topics for displaying custom iphone interfaces, but that usually > involved using subdomains, which is not an option for me. > > First, here is the relevant routing: > > <pre> > map.resource :home > map.with_options :controller => ''home'' do |r| > r.property ''/property/:listing_id'', :action => > ''show'' > r.property_details ''/property/:listing_id/details'', :action => > ''details'' > r.search ''/search'', :action => > ''search'', :conditions => { :method => :post } > end > </pre> > > So what I want to do is have urls that looks like this: > /desktop/property/1 -or- > /mobile/property/2/details > > I know that I can add a route like this: > <pre> > r.property ''/:platform/property/:listing_id'', :action=>''show'', > :target_platform => /(desktop|mobile)/i > </pre> > > The problem with this is that it isn''t DRY, as every named route would > now need the /:platform/ prefix added to it. Additionally, every URL I > want to call would explicitly need to specify the platform, like so > (again not DRY): > property_path(:listing => 1, :platform => ''desktop'') > > Finally, I know you can add custom respond_to with Rails 2.0 (e.g > request.format = :iphone), but I want to allow the user to select the > format, not purely based on detection. > > Anyway, if you are still reading this, thank you. I''d greatly > appreciate any sort of help. I have seen similar discussions > surrounding internationalization (e.g. /en/home/ vs /fr/home). > > Thanks again.---- rails 2.x has a very elegant method of handling formats and therefore you wouldn''t have to go through the routing issue at all Craig --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Craig White wrote:> On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 02:40 +0100, Chris Johnson wrote: >> >> ''search'', :conditions => { :method => :post } >> :target_platform => /(desktop|mobile)/i >> format, not purely based on detection. >> >> Anyway, if you are still reading this, thank you. I''d greatly >> appreciate any sort of help. I have seen similar discussions >> surrounding internationalization (e.g. /en/home/ vs /fr/home). >> >> Thanks again. > ---- > rails 2.x has a very elegant method of handling formats and therefore > you wouldn''t have to go through the routing issue at all > > CraigThanks for the reply Craig. The issue I see, however, has to do with allowing the user to switch formats. It is one thing to be able to simply detect that the current user has an mobile device and render accordingly, but it is something else it seems to allow a user to switch format on demand (say, if they have a more capable device) and keep that same platform variable set until it is otherwise changed (hence my desire to propagate this platform variable in the URL: /:platform/:some_route). Anyway, even with Rails 2.0, I am not sure how to keep track of the desired output format (I don''t want to use session variables in this case). I hope that somewhat clarifies my goal. Thanks again. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---