I'm trying to access a resource in my rails app that I want to populate with information based on the variable in the URL. Given the URL:
someapp.com/resources/variable/resource
I would like to pass the variable to Rails to add elements to resource. Is there any quick re-routing way of achieving this? Or is it insanely complicated?
Cheers!
No part of this should be "insanely complicated", but it's not very clear what you're trying to accomplish.
You could try adding a route with a variable segment:
get "/resources/:variable/resource" => "controller#action"
Then, in your controller, access params[:variable].
If your already have a resource defined, you can add an additional "member" route via the following:
resource :resources do
get :resource, on: member
# or
member do
get :resource
end
end
Either of the previous will allow your controller to route /resources/:resource_id/resource to the resources controller's resource action.
resources/resource already exist it doesn't seem to work. In my routes.rb I have already resources :resources.
resources is a very bad name for a resource. Your resources should have specific names, matching the things they represent.