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The component of the Ruby on Rails framework responsible for mapping between HTTP requests and application resources (including static files and controller actions).

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Can Rails Routing Helpers (i.e. mymodel_path(model)) be Used in Models?

Say I have a Rails Model called Thing. Thing has a url attribute that can optionally be set to a URL somewhere on the Internet. In view code, I need logic that does the following: <% if thing.url.blank? %> <%= link_to('Text', thing_path(thing))…
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Routes with Dash `-` Instead of Underscore `_` in Ruby on Rails

I want my urls to use dash - instead of underscore _ as word separators. For example controller/my-action instead of controller/my_action. I'm surprised about two things: Google et al. continue to distinguish them. That Ruby on Rails doesn't have…
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Routing with an optional parameter

I added in the route file: map.show_book "/show_book/:name/year/:year", :controller => "book", :action => "show_version" I also added: map.show_book "/show_book/:name", :controller => "book", :action => "show_version" to show the latest book…
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rails get app root/base url

In my app I have a few APIs that under api domain. Now in one of the API I want to generate a url that pointing to the main domain, say test.com/blabla... I tried to use url_for but seems the default root_url or request.host is in api domain.…
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Rails Responds with 404 on CORS Preflight Options Request

I'm creating a set of services using Rails 4, which I am consuming with a JavaScript browser application. Cross-origin GETS are working fine, but my POSTs are failing the preflight OPTIONS check with a 404 error. At least, I think that's what's…
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How to add custom routes to resource route

I have an invoices_controller which has resource routes. Like following: resources :invoices do resources :items, only: [:create, :destroy, :update] end Now I want to add a send functionality to the invoice, How do I add a custom route as…
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Adding an action to an existing controller (Ruby on Rails)

I am new to Ruby on Rails, I have completed the Blog Tutorial. I am now trying to add an additional action to the controller, called 'start'. def start end I have added a view page "app/views/posts/start.html.erb" containing nothing but simple…
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Rails routing - :on => :collection

The Rails routing guide doesn't specify what :on => :collection means. I cannot find an explanation to what the :on key is, nor what a :collection is in that context.
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Routing error - uninitialized constant

I could not fix this in Rails 3.2.12, maybe I am missing something. config/routes.rb get "home/index" root :to => "home#index" devise_for :users, :only => :omniauth_callbacks match 'users/auth/:provider/callback' => 'authentications#create' match…
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Rails routing: resources with only custom actions

I have a NotificationsController, in which I only have the action clear. I'd like to access this action by doing POST /notifications/clear So I wrote this in my router: resources :notifications, :only => [] do collection do post :clear …
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Listing 'rake routes' for a mountable Rails 3.1 engine

I'm working on a mountable engine for use with Rails 3.1, and I want to list the engine's routes. I created the engine using: $ rails plugin new rails_blog_engine --mountable And edited the 'test/dummy/config/routes' file to…
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How can I make routes from a Rails 3 engine available to the host application?

I have a Rails 3 application with several engines containing additional functionality. Each engine is a separate service that customers can purchase access to. I am, however, having a problem with routes from the engines that aren't readily…
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Ruby on Rails: Get the controller and action name based on a path

I am trying to get the controller and action name based on a path. I have a route: map.resources :permissions I thought that I could use: ActionController::Routing::Routes.recognize_path "/permissions/1" To get a hash like: { :controller =>…
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How to change a route name rails 4

I changed the routing of posts#index to match blog and I now get /blog in the URL which I was trying to accomplish. I've tried several different things to get my actual blog post which the route currently looks something like /posts/this-is-a-test…
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How can I use Rails routes to redirect from one domain to another?

My app used to run on foo.tld but now it runs on bar.tld. Requests will still come in for foo.tld, I want to redirect them to bar.tld. How can I do this in rails routes?
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