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diff --git a/guides/source/routing.md b/guides/source/routing.md index 41f80a3814..e3a6bbb138 100644 --- a/guides/source/routing.md +++ b/guides/source/routing.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -**DO NOT READ THIS FILE ON GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED ON http://guides.rubyonrails.org.** +**DO NOT READ THIS FILE ON GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED ON https://guides.rubyonrails.org.** Rails Routing from the Outside In ================================= @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ In each of these cases, the named routes remain the same as if you did not use ` | PATCH/PUT | /admin/articles/:id | articles#update | article_path(:id) | | DELETE | /admin/articles/:id | articles#destroy | article_path(:id) | -TIP: _If you need to use a different controller namespace inside a `namespace` block you can specify an absolute controller path, e.g: `get '/foo' => '/foo#index'`._ +TIP: _If you need to use a different controller namespace inside a `namespace` block you can specify an absolute controller path, e.g: `get '/foo', to: '/foo#index'`._ ### Nested Resources @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ resources :photos do end ``` -This will recognize `/photos/1/preview` with GET, and route to the `preview` action of `PhotosController`, with the resource id value passed in `params[:id]`. It will also create the `photo_preview_url` and `photo_preview_path` helpers. +This will recognize `/photos/1/preview` with GET, and route to the `preview` action of `PhotosController`, with the resource id value passed in `params[:id]`. It will also create the `preview_photo_url` and `preview_photo_path` helpers. Within the block of member routes, each route name specifies the HTTP verb will be recognized. You can use `get`, `patch`, `put`, `post`, or `delete` here @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ resources :photos do end ``` -You can leave out the `:on` option, this will create the same member route except that the resource id value will be available in `params[:photo_id]` instead of `params[:id]`. +You can leave out the `:on` option, this will create the same member route except that the resource id value will be available in `params[:photo_id]` instead of `params[:id]`. Route helpers will also be renamed from `preview_photo_url` and `preview_photo_path` to `photo_preview_url` and `photo_preview_path`. #### Adding Collection Routes @@ -543,6 +543,8 @@ resources :photos do end ``` +NOTE: If you're defining additional resource routes with a symbol as the first positional argument, be mindful that it is not equivalent to using a string. Symbols infer controller actions while strings infer paths. + #### Adding Routes for Additional New Actions To add an alternate new action using the `:on` shortcut: @@ -719,12 +721,12 @@ NOTE: There is an exception for the `format` constraint: while it's a method on ### Advanced Constraints -If you have a more advanced constraint, you can provide an object that responds to `matches?` that Rails should use. Let's say you wanted to route all users on a blacklist to the `BlacklistController`. You could do: +If you have a more advanced constraint, you can provide an object that responds to `matches?` that Rails should use. Let's say you wanted to route all users on a restricted list to the `RestrictedListController`. You could do: ```ruby -class BlacklistConstraint +class RestrictedListConstraint def initialize - @ips = Blacklist.retrieve_ips + @ips = RestrictedList.retrieve_ips end def matches?(request) @@ -733,8 +735,8 @@ class BlacklistConstraint end Rails.application.routes.draw do - get '*path', to: 'blacklist#index', - constraints: BlacklistConstraint.new + get '*path', to: 'restricted_list#index', + constraints: RestrictedListConstraint.new end ``` @@ -742,8 +744,8 @@ You can also specify constraints as a lambda: ```ruby Rails.application.routes.draw do - get '*path', to: 'blacklist#index', - constraints: lambda { |request| Blacklist.retrieve_ips.include?(request.remote_ip) } + get '*path', to: 'restricted_list#index', + constraints: lambda { |request| RestrictedList.retrieve_ips.include?(request.remote_ip) } end ``` @@ -1188,28 +1190,55 @@ For example, here's a small section of the `rails routes` output for a RESTful r edit_user GET /users/:id/edit(.:format) users#edit ``` +You can also use the `--expanded` option to turn on the expanded table formatting mode. + +``` +$ rails routes --expanded + +--[ Route 1 ]---------------------------------------------------- +Prefix | users +Verb | GET +URI | /users(.:format) +Controller#Action | users#index +--[ Route 2 ]---------------------------------------------------- +Prefix | +Verb | POST +URI | /users(.:format) +Controller#Action | users#create +--[ Route 3 ]---------------------------------------------------- +Prefix | new_user +Verb | GET +URI | /users/new(.:format) +Controller#Action | users#new +--[ Route 4 ]---------------------------------------------------- +Prefix | edit_user +Verb | GET +URI | /users/:id/edit(.:format) +Controller#Action | users#edit +``` + You can search through your routes with the grep option: -g. This outputs any routes that partially match the URL helper method name, the HTTP verb, or the URL path. ``` -$ bin/rails routes -g new_comment -$ bin/rails routes -g POST -$ bin/rails routes -g admin +$ rails routes -g new_comment +$ rails routes -g POST +$ rails routes -g admin ``` If you only want to see the routes that map to a specific controller, there's the -c option. ``` -$ bin/rails routes -c users -$ bin/rails routes -c admin/users -$ bin/rails routes -c Comments -$ bin/rails routes -c Articles::CommentsController +$ rails routes -c users +$ rails routes -c admin/users +$ rails routes -c Comments +$ rails routes -c Articles::CommentsController ``` -TIP: You'll find that the output from `rails routes` is much more readable if you widen your terminal window until the output lines don't wrap. You can also use --expanded option to turn on the expanded table formatting mode. +TIP: You'll find that the output from `rails routes` is much more readable if you widen your terminal window until the output lines don't wrap. ### Testing Routes -Routes should be included in your testing strategy (just like the rest of your application). Rails offers three [built-in assertions](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Assertions/RoutingAssertions.html) designed to make testing routes simpler: +Routes should be included in your testing strategy (just like the rest of your application). Rails offers three [built-in assertions](https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Assertions/RoutingAssertions.html) designed to make testing routes simpler: * `assert_generates` * `assert_recognizes` |