What is this error I'm getting when I try to generate a Ruby on Rails controller?

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I've created controllers in the past successfully, but all of a sudden I'm getting a weird error. I'm doing this:

ruby script/generate controller Request

And am getting this error message:

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/action_controller/routing/builder.rb:175:in `build': Illegal route: the :controller must be specified! (ArgumentError)
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/action_controller/routing/route_set.rb:309:in `add_route'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/action_controller/routing/route_set.rb:317:in `add_named_route'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/action_controller/routing/route_set.rb:57:in `method_missing'
    from /Users/ben/rails_projects/talk/config/routes.rb:55
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/action_controller/routing/route_set.rb:226:in `draw'
    from /Users/ben/rails_projects/talk/config/routes.rb:1
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:145:in `load_without_new_constant_marking'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:145:in `load'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:145:in `load'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/action_controller/routing/route_set.rb:286:in `load_routes!'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/action_controller/routing/route_set.rb:286:in `each'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/action_controller/routing/route_set.rb:286:in `load_routes!'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/action_controller/routing/route_set.rb:266:in `reload!'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb:537:in `initialize_routing'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb:188:in `process'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb:113:in `send'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb:113:in `run'
    from /Users/ben/rails_projects/talk/config/environment.rb:9
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/commands/generate.rb:1
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
    from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'

Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks for reading.

i notice your routes.rb page listed in the trace--anything in there that looks suspicious? — mportiz08
– mportiz08, Commented Jun 27, 2010 at 6:03
This was it! I somehow missed a half finished line of code in routes.rb, which was causing the problem. Thanks! If you submit an answer I'll mark it as correct — ben
– ben, Commented Jun 27, 2010 at 6:09

mportiz08 · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-27 06:13:34Z

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I'm not sure what it is, but something in your routes.rb seems to be causing the error

answered Jun 27, 2010 at 6:13

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PeterWong · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-27 05:53:53Z

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I believe Request is a reserved word and so you can use it as the controller's name.

Have you tried generating another controller with another name to see if the same error occurs?

answered Jun 27, 2010 at 5:53

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ben Over a year ago

Yeah I tried it with some other names and the same error happened.

PeterWong Over a year ago

oh, really, I can generate the Request controller.

ben Over a year ago

I've fixed the problem, but I think it might be a good idea to not use Request anyway. Thanks.

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