Change email and password in separate view, how to structure the actions in RESTful app?

Question

I have a User model with the following attributes:
name
age
ìmage
email
password

I want the user to edit/update the first three attributes in one view and the other two in another.

Do I break the RESTful pattern if I duplicate the edit/update actions and routes?

What could be a better solution?

Have a look at `wicked` `gem`: https://github.com/schneems/wicked to implement multi-step edit process. — vee, Dec 27 '13 at 14:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 27 '13 at 14:30

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Use one action with extra parameter, like /user/1/edit and /user/1/edit?step=2.

If you are using some kind of wizard, try to extract it in a separate class:

# controller
def update 
  @step == params[:step].presence or Wizard::FIRST_STEP # = 1
  @wizard = Wizard.new(user, @step)
  if @wizard.update(params)
  ...
end

def edit
  ...
  render @wizard.partial # depends on step params 
  ...

answered Dec 27 '13 at 14:30

organium

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It's two completely separate pages, but your idea is cool. I'll try it out and see what comes out of it. – Fellow Stranger Dec 27 '13 at 14:40

Change email and password in separate view, how to structure the actions in RESTful app?

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