How to remove the :id Part when doing a Concern

Question

My routes file contains:

  concern :generic_table do
    get 'search_suggestions' => 'search_suggestions'
  end

  get 'human_resources/' => 'human_resources#index'
  namespace :human_resources do
    get 'settings/' => 'settings#index'
    namespace :settings do
      resources :constants do
        concerns :generic_table
      end
    end
  end

And it produces:

/human_resources/settings/constants/:constant_id/search_suggestions(.:format) 

human_resources/settings/search_suggestions#search_suggestions

I am trying to remove the /:constant_id/ part and it point to the controller action:

human_resources/settings/constants/search_suggestions#search_suggestions

So in finality it would be

/human_resources/settings/constants/search_suggestions(.:format)

human_resources/settings/constants/search_suggestions#search_suggestions

How can I remove the /:constant_id/ part; and point it directly to my controllers action so my search bar my access the search suggestion for AJAX?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '16 at 04:34

I think you just need to replace the resources block by a namespace one. It is the resources block that generates the parameter.

See also the member block if you need id instead of constant_id.

One extra point: This may not generate the route helpers you want. There are extra options to pass to namespace and related to tailor the helpers.

How to remove the :id Part when doing a Concern

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