How to change default path/url in routes in Rails 4

Question

I'm working on a simple reservation application. Here are my routes

resources :users do
  get 'reservations', on: :member
end

resources :listings do
  resources :reservations
end

When I try to make a reservation, action reservations#new takes me to reservations_path . Of course I'm getting error as this path doesn't exist. I'd like action new to take me to listing_reservations_path instead. I was hopping it will be done automatically since resources :reservations is in nested resources. I read about routes and tried many things but can't find any working way of doing it. Is it possible?

what do you mean by action `reservations#new` takes you to `reservations_path`? Do you mean to say that form helper when used with controller and action as `reservation` and `new` sets the path to `reservations_path`? — aBadAssCowboy, Jul 23 '16 at 11:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 23 '16 at 13:50

You seem to be unclear on the nature of routes. The action reservations#new exists independently from any route. A route is just a way to map a URL path to a controller and action. If you are trying to do something like:

redirect_to controller: :resources, action: :new

You will have trouble, as all of your routes require some context. Instead, you need to provide whatever the URL helper you're using with a context:

redirect_to listing_reservations_path(@listing)

link_to "New Reservation", new_listing_reservation_path(@listing)    

link_to "Reservation", [@listing, @reservation]

How to change default path/url in routes in Rails 4

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