How to route /app/name to /name?

Hi,

>From the rail recipe book, I found that it is possible
to set up route
rule so that the url can parsed and map differently. 
However, what I am
trying to accomplish is that if /abc is typed and the
controller abc
does not exists, it will try to look into /app (i.e.
app/abc).  Is this
possible?

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map.connect ":name", :controller =>
"app"
where name is a GET parameter feed into the url on a link_to
(or you
can type your domain_name/<whatever_name> to access
the page
directly).

On Mar 30, 1:35 pm, Wai Tsang <rails-mailing-l...andreas-s.net>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> From the rail recipe book, I found that it is possible
to set up route
> rule so that the url can parsed and map differently. 
However, what I am
> trying to accomplish is that if /abc is typed and the
controller abc
> does not exists, it will try to look into /app (i.e.
app/abc).  Is this
> possible?
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com
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wilson wrote:
> map.connect ":name", :controller =>
"app"
> where name is a GET parameter feed into the url on a
link_to (or you
> can type your domain_name/<whatever_name> to
access the page
> directly).
> 
> On Mar 30, 1:35 pm, Wai Tsang
<rails-mailing-l...andreas-s.net>

Thanks for the quick reply, but that route will only get to
the app 
controller with params[:name] = 'abc'.  I would like to go
to the abc 
method instead of the index method, is it possible?

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Hi Wai,

I use this exact route in my app for user homepages:

   map.connect ':id', :controller => 'user', :action
=> 'user_home'

this will make http://foo.com/joe map to that
controller and action  
and pass the username joe to it
There might be a better way even as I believe I'm perverting
the use  
of :id in this case

-Michael
http://javathehutt.bl
ogspot.com

On Mar 30, 2007, at 1:35 PM, Wai Tsang wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> From the rail recipe book, I found that it is possible
to set up route
> rule so that the url can parsed and map differently. 
However, what  
> I am
> trying to accomplish is that if /abc is typed and the
controller abc
> does not exists, it will try to look into /app (i.e.
app/abc).  Is  
> this
> possible?
>
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com
/.
>
> >


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Ff I'm reading it correctly, you want to get to the action
'abc' with
a controller of 'app'?

map.connect "abc", :controller =>
"app", :action => "abc"

This only requires the controller and the action when you
create a
link_to.
As for the url, "domain_name/abc" should work.

On Mar 30, 1:45 pm, Wai Tsang <rails-mailing-l...andreas-s.net>
wrote:
> wilson wrote:
> > map.connect ":name", :controller =>
"app"
> > where name is a GET parameter feed into the url on
a link_to (or you
> > can type your domain_name/<whatever_name> to
access the page
> > directly).
>
> > On Mar 30, 1:35 pm, Wai Tsang
<rails-mailing-l...andreas-s.net>
>
> Thanks for the quick reply, but that route will only
get to the app
> controller with params[:name] = 'abc'.  I would like to
go to the abc
> method instead of the index method, is it possible?
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com
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On Mar 30, 3:35 pm, Wai Tsang <rails-mailing-l...andreas-s.net>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> From the rail recipe book, I found that it is possible
to set up route
> rule so that the url can parsed and map differently. 
However, what I am
> trying to accomplish is that if /abc is typed and the
controller abc
> does not exists, it will try to look into /app (i.e.
app/abc).  Is this
> possible?

Actually it's pretty easy.  In your routes.rb, try this:

 map.connect '/:action', :controller => 'app'

However, the order of your route rules in routes.rb is very
important!  Higher routes take priority.  So if you still
have the
default catch-all route that Rails generates for you in your
routes.rb
(the :controller/:action:/:id route) make sure your route is
*above*
it.

Also, you might not need that / that I've written.  It could
be that
map.connect ':action', :controller => 'app' is correct.

Whenever I have problems with routes, I comment out all the
other
routes, try the url in the browser again, and then look at
the
development log for an error message - it will tell you what
it
*thought* it was supposed to do with the url, which is
usually enought
insight to solve the problem.

Jeff
softiesonrails.com



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