I have a AR model inside a module
class Long::Module::Path::Model < ActiveRecord::Base
end
and want to use following routes (without the module names, because it's easier to write and remember)
resources :models
buts Rails 3 always wants to use a URL like
long_module_path_model_url
Is there are way to change this behavior?
Hope anyone out there can help me?
Mario
I'm a little curious why you're referencing a model when talking about routing which only handles the controller level; but this article should be helpful: R3 Controller Namespaces and Routing
"If you want to route /photos (without the prefix /admin) to Admin::PostsController, you could use:
scope :module => "admin" do
resources :posts, :comments
end
"
If you'd like the named paths to change, you can use :as, as specified here: R3 Prefixing the Named Routes Helpers
So I'm guessing something along the lines of
1:
scope :module => 'long/module/path' do
resources :model, :as => :model
end
or 2:
scope :module => 'long' do
scope :module => 'module' do
scope :module => 'path' do
resources :model, :as => :model
end end end
Is what you're looking for.
I know this is an old question, but the others misunderstood your question and didn't solve your problem.
You need to override the model_name method as below:
class Long::Module::Path::Model < ActiveRecord::Base
def self.model_name
ActiveModel::Name.new(Long::Module::Path::Model, nil, "YourNewModelName")
end
end
Credit goes to this comment.
resources :your_looooooong_model_name, :as => :short
Would give you shorts_url, etc.
