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diff --git a/guides/source/routing.textile b/guides/source/routing.textile index 4a50edbb15..0773a96c67 100644 --- a/guides/source/routing.textile +++ b/guides/source/routing.textile @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ NOTE: You can't use +:namespace+ or +:module+ with a +:controller+ path segment. get ':controller(/:action(/:id))', :controller => /admin\/[^\/]+/ </ruby> -TIP: By default dynamic segments don't accept dots - this is because the dot is used as a separator for formatted routes. If you need to use a dot within a dynamic segment add a constraint which overrides this - for example +:id+ => /[^\/]+/ allows anything except a slash. +TIP: By default dynamic segments don't accept dots - this is because the dot is used as a separator for formatted routes. If you need to use a dot within a dynamic segment, add a constraint that overrides this – for example, +:id+ => /[^\/]+/ allows anything except a slash. h4. Static Segments @@ -445,6 +445,14 @@ get 'exit' => 'sessions#destroy', :as => :logout This will create +logout_path+ and +logout_url+ as named helpers in your application. Calling +logout_path+ will return +/exit+ +You can also use this to override routing methods defined by resources, like this: + +<ruby> +get ':username', :to => "users#show", :as => :user +</ruby> + +This will define a +user_path+ method that will be available in controllers, helpers and views that will go to a route such as +/bob+. Inside the +show+ action of +UsersController+, +params[:username]+ will contain the username for the user. Change +:username+ in the route definition if you do not want your parameter name to be +:username+. + h4. HTTP Verb Constraints In general, you should use the +get+, +post+, +put+ and +delete+ methods to constrain a route to a particular verb. You can use the +match+ method with the +:via+ option to match multiple verbs at once: |