I have the following specified in my Rails Routes. I want to allow both GET and POST on this route, but whatever I try, it only allows the #index action, and doesn't access the #create action when a POST is requested.
match ':user_id/special_deals', to: 'special_deals#index'
I've tried this too:
match ':user_id/special_deals', to: 'special_deals#index', :via => [:get, :post]
I need the User ID to be specified first since people with access to the API can access multiple User's info.
It is working exactly as you asked it to do. If you want POST to routed to create action here are your route configs:
match ':user_id/special_deals', to: 'special_deals#index', :via => [:get]
match ':user_id/special_deals', to: 'special_deals#create', :via => [:post]
There are simpler ways of writing these but I just wanted to use the same format you wrote it. Please check this guide to know about them.
If you already have a User controller, you can write more structured routes like:
resources :users do
resources :special_deals, :only => [:index, :create]
end
This will make routes for special_deals like (#shows where it will be routed to):
GET /users/:user_id/special_deals #special_deals#index
POST /users/:user_id/special_deals #special_deals#create
