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diff --git a/guides/source/routing.textile b/guides/source/routing.textile index e93b1280e0..78d1783610 100644 --- a/guides/source/routing.textile +++ b/guides/source/routing.textile @@ -535,6 +535,17 @@ TwitterClone::Application.routes.draw do end </ruby> +You can also specify constraints as a lambda: + +<ruby> +TwitterClone::Application.routes.draw do + match "*path" => "blacklist#index", + :constraints => lambda { |request| Blacklist.retrieve_ips.include?(request.remote_ip) } +end +</ruby> + +The +matches?+ method or the lambda is passed the "+request+ object":http://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_controller_overview.html#the-request-object, which means the constraint can check +request.path_parameters+, +request.headers+ or any other property of the request. + h4. Route Globbing Route globbing is a way to specify that a particular parameter should be matched to all the remaining parts of a route. For example |