Is it possible to make a site that only preforms a redirect to another site? Here''s an example: Let''s just say that a netflix.com URL to a movie is something like netflix.com/search?category=Fantasy&name=Heroes&blahtechnical-stuff Could you make a really simple app in Rails at say the domain netflixit.com that allows people to just type in like netflixit.com/ fantasy/heroes and be instantly directed to the netflix version? So, I guess it has to convert and change the URL, but I don''t know how. The website would be pretty much blank. The only thing it would be used for is automatically redirecting to the netflix site. The idea is just to give people an easier way to find something in a database type site if they already know what they are looking for. This sounds like it would be very easy, but I''m still a beginner in Rails. I don''t even know the correct term for what this would be called - might be easier to find information if I did :D So, does anyone know any tutorials that show how to do this, or at least know the technical term for this so I can do my own searching? Thanks, guys! -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
MOLTEN wrote in post #965662:> Could you make a really simple app in Rails at say the domain > netflixit.com that allows people to just type in like netflixit.com/ > fantasy/heroes and be instantly directed to the netflix version? So, I > guess it has to convert and change the URL, but I don''t know how. The > website would be pretty much blank. The only thing it would be used > for is automatically redirecting to the netflix site. The idea is just > to give people an easier way to find something in a database type site > if they already know what they are looking for. > > This sounds like it would be very easy, but I''m still a beginner in > Rails. I don''t even know the correct term for what this would be > called - might be easier to find information if I did :D > > So, does anyone know any tutorials that show how to do this, or at > least know the technical term for this so I can do my own searching?There are already many sites that do exactly this bit.ly, j.mp, tinyurl.com, etc. Yes, these sites do this for the express purpose of shortening the URL, but what you''re describing is really the same thing. Do a Google search for URL shortening scripts and see how they work. That should get you started. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
It looks like you may not have seen the beginning of this post, let me just repost what may not have showed on ruby-forum.com: "Is it possible to make a site that only preforms a redirect to another site? Here''s an example: Let''s just say that a netflix.com URL to a movie is something like netflix.com/search?category=Fantasy&name=Heroes&blahtechnical-stuff" I kinda thought about that, but I think one of the main parts of the site I''m trying to do is that it converts and substitutes things from my site to something on the site I''m redirecting to. For example: In netflixit.com/fantasy/heroes... netflixit.com converts to netflix.com/search? /fantasy/ converts to category=Fantasy /heroes/ converts to &name=Heroes So what I need it to do is both redirect and transform some of the stuff. There will only and always be 2 sections, such /category/ title/, so that may make it easier. If a user doesn''t put the correct amount of sections, I''ll just take them to the home page netflixit.com, or whatever. On Dec 2, 5:54 am, Robert Walker <li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> MOLTEN wrote in post #965662: > > > Could you make a really simple app in Rails at say the domain > > netflixit.com that allows people to just type in like netflixit.com/ > > fantasy/heroes and be instantly directed to the netflix version? So, I > > guess it has to convert and change the URL, but I don''t know how. The > > website would be pretty much blank. The only thing it would be used > > for is automatically redirecting to the netflix site. The idea is just > > to give people an easier way to find something in a database type site > > if they already know what they are looking for. > > > This sounds like it would be very easy, but I''m still a beginner in > > Rails. I don''t even know the correct term for what this would be > > called - might be easier to find information if I did :D > > > So, does anyone know any tutorials that show how to do this, or at > > least know the technical term for this so I can do my own searching? > > There are already many sites that do exactly this bit.ly, j.mp, > tinyurl.com, etc. > > Yes, these sites do this for the express purpose of shortening the URL, > but what you''re describing is really the same thing. Do a Google search > for URL shortening scripts and see how they work. That should get you > started. > > -- > Posted viahttp://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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@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.
Okay, I''ve been doing some looking around and it looks like using the
redirect helper is what I need. Does this look it would work?
resources :movies
match "/:category/:movie" =>
redirect("netflix.com/search?category=%
{category}&name=%{movie}")
I don''t exactly know what document to put this kind of code in though,
or in what context :(. The only point of the site would be to preform
that code though, like the site is extremely plain and basic. I don''t
need statistics or anything (yet). A counter for the amount of
redirects would be nice though. How would I make a very basic app that
is just able to complete this code? There''s a tiny part covering this
on railscasts.com, but he doesn''t show making the actual app, just
using this little piece within it.
Thanks for taking the time to reply :)
On Dec 2, 6:07 am, MOLTEN
<vincent.ciarav...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> It looks like you may not have seen the beginning of this post, let me
> just repost what may not have showed on ruby-forum.com:
>
> "Is it possible to make a site that only preforms a redirect to
> another
> site? Here''s an example:
>
> Let''s just say that a netflix.com URL to a movie is something like
>
netflix.com/search?category=Fantasy&name=Heroes&blahtechnical-stuff"
>
> I kinda thought about that, but I think one of the main parts of the
> site I''m trying to do is that it converts and substitutes things
from
> my site to something on the site I''m redirecting to. For example:
>
> In netflixit.com/fantasy/heroes...
> netflixit.com converts to netflix.com/search?
> /fantasy/ converts to category=Fantasy
> /heroes/ converts to &name=Heroes
>
> So what I need it to do is both redirect and transform some of the
> stuff. There will only and always be 2 sections, such /category/
> title/, so that may make it easier. If a user doesn''t put the
correct
> amount of sections, I''ll just take them to the home page
> netflixit.com, or whatever.
>
> On Dec 2, 5:54 am, Robert Walker
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > MOLTEN wrote in post #965662:
>
> > > Could you make a really simple app in Rails at say the domain
> > > netflixit.com that allows people to just type in like
netflixit.com/
> > > fantasy/heroes and be instantly directed to the netflix version?
So, I
> > > guess it has to convert and change the URL, but I don''t
know how. The
> > > website would be pretty much blank. The only thing it would be
used
> > > for is automatically redirecting to the netflix site. The idea is
just
> > > to give people an easier way to find something in a database type
site
> > > if they already know what they are looking for.
>
> > > This sounds like it would be very easy, but I''m still a
beginner in
> > > Rails. I don''t even know the correct term for what this
would be
> > > called - might be easier to find information if I did :D
>
> > > So, does anyone know any tutorials that show how to do this, or
at
> > > least know the technical term for this so I can do my own
searching?
>
> > There are already many sites that do exactly this bit.ly, j.mp,
> > tinyurl.com, etc.
>
> > Yes, these sites do this for the express purpose of shortening the
URL,
> > but what you''re describing is really the same thing. Do a
Google search
> > for URL shortening scripts and see how they work. That should get you
> > started.
>
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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On 12/02/2010 04:00 PM, MOLTEN wrote:> Okay, I''ve been doing some looking around and it looks like using the > redirect helper is what I need. Does this look it would work? > > resources :movies > match "/:category/:movie" => redirect("netflix.com/search?category=% > {category}&name=%{movie}") >Why do you want to realize this with rails? As far as i can see, you can realize what you want to do with apache''s mod_rewrite. Cheers, Jan> I don''t exactly know what document to put this kind of code in though, > or in what context :(. The only point of the site would be to preform > that code though, like the site is extremely plain and basic. I don''t > need statistics or anything (yet). A counter for the amount of > redirects would be nice though. How would I make a very basic app that > is just able to complete this code? There''s a tiny part covering this > on railscasts.com, but he doesn''t show making the actual app, just > using this little piece within it. > > Thanks for taking the time to reply :) > > On Dec 2, 6:07 am, MOLTEN<vincent.ciarav...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> It looks like you may not have seen the beginning of this post, let me >> just repost what may not have showed on ruby-forum.com: >> >> "Is it possible to make a site that only preforms a redirect to >> another >> site? Here''s an example: >> >> Let''s just say that a netflix.com URL to a movie is something like >> netflix.com/search?category=Fantasy&name=Heroes&blahtechnical-stuff" >> >> I kinda thought about that, but I think one of the main parts of the >> site I''m trying to do is that it converts and substitutes things from >> my site to something on the site I''m redirecting to. For example: >> >> In netflixit.com/fantasy/heroes... >> netflixit.com converts to netflix.com/search? >> /fantasy/ converts to category=Fantasy >> /heroes/ converts to&name=Heroes >> >> So what I need it to do is both redirect and transform some of the >> stuff. There will only and always be 2 sections, such /category/ >> title/, so that may make it easier. If a user doesn''t put the correct >> amount of sections, I''ll just take them to the home page >> netflixit.com, or whatever. >> >> On Dec 2, 5:54 am, Robert Walker<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> MOLTEN wrote in post #965662: >> >>>> Could you make a really simple app in Rails at say the domain >>>> netflixit.com that allows people to just type in like netflixit.com/ >>>> fantasy/heroes and be instantly directed to the netflix version? So, I >>>> guess it has to convert and change the URL, but I don''t know how. The >>>> website would be pretty much blank. The only thing it would be used >>>> for is automatically redirecting to the netflix site. The idea is just >>>> to give people an easier way to find something in a database type site >>>> if they already know what they are looking for. >> >>>> This sounds like it would be very easy, but I''m still a beginner in >>>> Rails. I don''t even know the correct term for what this would be >>>> called - might be easier to find information if I did :D >> >>>> So, does anyone know any tutorials that show how to do this, or at >>>> least know the technical term for this so I can do my own searching? >> >>> There are already many sites that do exactly this bit.ly, j.mp, >>> tinyurl.com, etc. >> >>> Yes, these sites do this for the express purpose of shortening the URL, >>> but what you''re describing is really the same thing. Do a Google search >>> for URL shortening scripts and see how they work. That should get you >>> started. >> >>> -- >>> Posted viahttp://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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
I''m doing it with Rails since I''d eventually like to gather
and
display information such as how many movies were redirected and what
categories or whatever were the most popular.
Anyway, I''ve got it working with:
match "/:category/:movie" =>
redirect("http://netflix.com/search?
category=%{category}&movie=%{movie}")
The only problems so far are if a category or movie has a space in it,
then I get an error "bad URI(is not URI?):" since it tries to go to
the site with a space still in the URL. How do I substitute spaces
inside symbols with something like a "+"? It has to be before it gets
redirected though. I''d like to be able to just type like netflixit.com/
dramatic comedy/heroes and it automatically turn the space into a "+"
right before it redirects, instead of manually typing the "+" in
netflixit.com/dramatic+comedy/heroes, which works correctly. So, I
guess before the URL a person types in gets to match
"/:category/:movie", it has to replace spaces with "+".
Thanks
On Dec 2, 7:28 am, Jan Marquardt
<ja...-R+7h4gkPAorrZ44/DZwexQ@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> On 12/02/2010 04:00 PM, MOLTEN wrote:
>
> > Okay, I''ve been doing some looking around and it looks like
using the
> > redirect helper is what I need. Does this look it would work?
>
> > resources :movies
> > match "/:category/:movie" =>
redirect("netflix.com/search?category=%
> > {category}&name=%{movie}")
>
> Why do you want to realize this with rails? As far as i can see, you can
> realize what you want to do with apache''s mod_rewrite.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I don''t exactly know what document to put this kind of code
in though,
> > or in what context :(. The only point of the site would be to preform
> > that code though, like the site is extremely plain and basic. I
don''t
> > need statistics or anything (yet). A counter for the amount of
> > redirects would be nice though. How would I make a very basic app that
> > is just able to complete this code? There''s a tiny part
covering this
> > on railscasts.com, but he doesn''t show making the actual app,
just
> > using this little piece within it.
>
> > Thanks for taking the time to reply :)
>
> > On Dec 2, 6:07 am,
MOLTEN<vincent.ciarav...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> It looks like you may not have seen the beginning of this post,
let me
> >> just repost what may not have showed on ruby-forum.com:
>
> >> "Is it possible to make a site that only preforms a redirect
to
> >> another
> >> site? Here''s an example:
>
> >> Let''s just say that a netflix.com URL to a movie is
something like
> >>
netflix.com/search?category=Fantasy&name=Heroes&blahtechnical-stuff"
>
> >> I kinda thought about that, but I think one of the main parts of
the
> >> site I''m trying to do is that it converts and substitutes
things from
> >> my site to something on the site I''m redirecting to. For
example:
>
> >> In netflixit.com/fantasy/heroes...
> >> netflixit.com converts to netflix.com/search?
> >> /fantasy/ converts to category=Fantasy
> >> /heroes/ converts to&name=Heroes
>
> >> So what I need it to do is both redirect and transform some of the
> >> stuff. There will only and always be 2 sections, such /category/
> >> title/, so that may make it easier. If a user doesn''t put
the correct
> >> amount of sections, I''ll just take them to the home page
> >> netflixit.com, or whatever.
>
> >> On Dec 2, 5:54 am, Robert
Walker<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> >>> MOLTEN wrote in post #965662:
>
> >>>> Could you make a really simple app in Rails at say the
domain
> >>>> netflixit.com that allows people to just type in like
netflixit.com/
> >>>> fantasy/heroes and be instantly directed to the netflix
version? So, I
> >>>> guess it has to convert and change the URL, but I
don''t know how. The
> >>>> website would be pretty much blank. The only thing it
would be used
> >>>> for is automatically redirecting to the netflix site. The
idea is just
> >>>> to give people an easier way to find something in a
database type site
> >>>> if they already know what they are looking for.
>
> >>>> This sounds like it would be very easy, but I''m
still a beginner in
> >>>> Rails. I don''t even know the correct term for
what this would be
> >>>> called - might be easier to find information if I did :D
>
> >>>> So, does anyone know any tutorials that show how to do
this, or at
> >>>> least know the technical term for this so I can do my own
searching?
>
> >>> There are already many sites that do exactly this bit.ly,
j.mp,
> >>> tinyurl.com, etc.
>
> >>> Yes, these sites do this for the express purpose of shortening
the URL,
> >>> but what you''re describing is really the same thing.
Do a Google search
> >>> for URL shortening scripts and see how they work. That should
get you
> >>> started.
>
> >>> --
> >>> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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Walter Lee Davis
2010-Dec-02 22:29 UTC
Re: Re: How do I make a simple redirect site in ruby?
On Dec 2, 2010, at 5:15 PM, MOLTEN wrote:> I''m doing it with Rails since I''d eventually like to gather and > display information such as how many movies were redirected and what > categories or whatever were the most popular. > > Anyway, I''ve got it working with: > > match "/:category/:movie" => redirect("http://netflix.com/search? > category=%{category}&movie=%{movie}") > > The only problems so far are if a category or movie has a space in it, > then I get an error "bad URI(is not URI?):" since it tries to go to > the site with a space still in the URL.How are these URLs getting to you at this point with spaces in them? Where are people clicking on URLs that contain spaces? That''s where I would start with this.> How do I substitute spaces > inside symbols with something like a "+"? It has to be before it gets > redirected though. I''d like to be able to just type like > netflixit.com/ > dramatic comedy/heroes and it automatically turn the space into a "+" > right before it redirects, instead of manually typing the "+" in > netflixit.com/dramatic+comedy/heroes, which works correctly. So, I > guess before the URL a person types in gets to match > "/:category/:movie", it has to replace spaces with "+".Are you doing this in your routes file? Or are you in a controller at this point? Do you have access to the url_for helper somehow? I suspect that could do this sort of escaping for you. Or dig into that helper and see what it uses under the hood. Walter -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Well, it''s not a real website. People aren''t going to like go to it to click on stuff. The whole purpose of it is to just get to a specific point on another website quickly, if you already know where you''re going. I know, it doesn''t sound that useful, but for what I''m using it for, it is :D. I want people to be able to just type in like netflixit.com/category/movie that they already know, and have it take them straight to the netflix page for that movie. I guess it works kind of like a URL shortener, but the URLs actually mean something. I want it to be natural for people, so if some movie naturally has a space in the title, they can just type like "netflixit.com/category/30 rock" instead of having to know how netflix handles spaces in their URLs. On Dec 2, 2:29 pm, Walter Lee Davis <wa...-HQgmohHLjDZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> On Dec 2, 2010, at 5:15 PM, MOLTEN wrote: > > > I''m doing it with Rails since I''d eventually like to gather and > > display information such as how many movies were redirected and what > > categories or whatever were the most popular. > > > Anyway, I''ve got it working with: > > > match "/:category/:movie" => redirect("http://netflix.com/search? > > category=%{category}&movie=%{movie}") > > > The only problems so far are if a category or movie has a space in it, > > then I get an error "bad URI(is not URI?):" since it tries to go to > > the site with a space still in the URL. > > How are these URLs getting to you at this point with spaces in them? > Where are people clicking on URLs that contain spaces? That''s where I > would start with this. > > > How do I substitute spaces > > inside symbols with something like a "+"? It has to be before it gets > > redirected though. I''d like to be able to just type like > > netflixit.com/ > > dramatic comedy/heroes and it automatically turn the space into a "+" > > right before it redirects, instead of manually typing the "+" in > > netflixit.com/dramatic+comedy/heroes, which works correctly. So, I > > guess before the URL a person types in gets to match > > "/:category/:movie", it has to replace spaces with "+". > > Are you doing this in your routes file? Or are you in a controller at > this point? Do you have access to the url_for helper somehow? I > suspect that could do this sort of escaping for you. > > Or dig into that helper and see what it uses under the hood. > > WalterSo far I''m only working in the routes file. I''m really new to Rails, but I hope to expand on this idea in the future. Do I need to start doing something in another file? I would assume I have access to url_for helper, I''m on my local machine. Is there a way to do this just with variables instead of symbols, so I could at least change them? -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@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.
MOLTEN wrote in post #965822:> match "/:category/:movie" => redirect("http://netflix.com/search? > category=%{category}&movie=%{movie}") > > The only problems so far are if a category or movie has a space in it, > then I get an error "bad URI(is not URI?):" since it tries to go to > the site with a space still in the URL. How do I substitute spaces > inside symbols with something like a "+"? It has to be before it gets > redirected though. I''d like to be able to just type like netflixit.com/ > dramatic comedy/heroes and it automatically turn the space into a "+" > right before it redirects, instead of manually typing the "+" in > netflixit.com/dramatic+comedy/heroes, which works correctly. So, I > guess before the URL a person types in gets to match > "/:category/:movie", it has to replace spaces with "+".If you want to do anything useful with this route then you need to create a controller: routes.rb ---------------------- match "/:category/:movie" => "redirector#search" redirector_controller.rb ---------------------- def search # Build your URL url = CGI::escape("netflix.com/search?category=#{params[:category]}&name=#{params[:movie]}&blahtechnical-stuff") # Do anything else you want before redirecting # Redirect to the constructed URL redirect_to(url) end Note: This may be a horrible implementation and may not be suitable for production. Just here to illustrate what sorts of things you can do once you get into an actual controller rather than trying to rely solely on the routes file. P.S. As aluded to earlier Rails may not be the best framework for what you''re trying to do unless there''s much more that the application will need to do. A Sinatra or simple Rack application may be all you need and would be considerably more efficient for this purpose. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Okay, I took your guys'' advice and found a pretty good Sinatra tutorial for making a URL shortener. I''ve almost completed it, but I''m still getting some weird errors since for some reason ["\"\] is being appended to the URLs. If anyone has a chance, you can look at http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=41958 to see my code and errors for the two files (they''re short). Thanks On Dec 3, 9:37 am, Robert Walker <li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> MOLTEN wrote in post #965822: > > > match "/:category/:movie" => redirect("http://netflix.com/search? > > category=%{category}&movie=%{movie}") > > > The only problems so far are if a category or movie has a space in it, > > then I get an error "bad URI(is not URI?):" since it tries to go to > > the site with a space still in the URL. How do I substitute spaces > > inside symbols with something like a "+"? It has to be before it gets > > redirected though. I''d like to be able to just type like netflixit.com/ > > dramatic comedy/heroes and it automatically turn the space into a "+" > > right before it redirects, instead of manually typing the "+" in > > netflixit.com/dramatic+comedy/heroes, which works correctly. So, I > > guess before the URL a person types in gets to match > > "/:category/:movie", it has to replace spaces with "+". > > If you want to do anything useful with this route then you need to > create a controller: > > routes.rb > ---------------------- > match "/:category/:movie" => "redirector#search" > > redirector_controller.rb > ---------------------- > def search > # Build your URL > url > CGI::escape("netflix.com/search?category=#{params[:category]}&name=#{params [:movie]}&blahtechnical-stuff") > > # Do anything else you want before redirecting > > # Redirect to the constructed URL > redirect_to(url) > end > > Note: This may be a horrible implementation and may not be suitable for > production. Just here to illustrate what sorts of things you can do once > you get into an actual controller rather than trying to rely solely on > the routes file. > > P.S. As aluded to earlier Rails may not be the best framework for what > you''re trying to do unless there''s much more that the application will > need to do. A Sinatra or simple Rack application may be all you need and > would be considerably more efficient for this purpose. > > -- > Posted viahttp://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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@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.