Rails nested resources and :path => "/"

Question

I have the following routes, which allows for urls like /:username/:project_name

resources :users, :path => "/" do
  resources :projects, :path => "/"
end

The problem is that /:username/edit doesn't work, because it is looking for a project with the name of 'edit'.

Any way around this? Thanks!

As I wrote above, I am wanting urls like '/username/project_name' and '/username/project_name_2'. The problem is that this doesn't allow for '/username/edit'. — Matt Fordham
– Matt Fordham, Commented Jan 12, 2012 at 18:36
did you try to "manually" add this route? i would add a match "/username/edit" => "users#edit" before the resource path. and by the way, this routing setup is not a good idea. it will lead to more problems on the way... — phoet
– phoet, Commented Jan 12, 2012 at 21:34

iwasrobbed · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-12 23:08:46Z

3

A couple ways of doing this...

1) Will give you routes like /:user_id/:id (which you wanted)

match '/:user_id/edit', :to => 'users#edit', :as => :edit_user
resources :users, :except => [:edit], :path => "/" do
  resources :projects, :path => "/"
end

2) Will give you routes like /:user_id/projects/:id (which it seems like you're avoiding)

resources :users, :path => "/" do
  resources :projects
end

I personally prefer #2 since it is cleaner and provides more knowledge about the route at a glance.

answered Jan 12, 2012 at 23:08

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