How do I change to use the same route :id as update instead of :model_id?

Question

I have these routes

  resources :brokers do
    patch :approve

rake routes

        broker_approve PATCH  /brokers/:broker_id/approve(.:format)       brokers#approve
                       PATCH  /brokers/:id(.:format)                      brokers#update

The URL is http://localhost:3000/brokers/1/approve.

It gives error

Couldn't find Broker with 'id'=

The controller which loads the broker is

def set_broker
  @broker = Broker.find(params[:id])

The parameters are

{"_method"=>"patch", "authenticity_token"=>"O8jztBqgRPcepes/p6IQqTfUQ==", "broker_id"=>"1"}

How can I use the path /brokers/:id/approve like how #update does so it can use the same method to load the model?

Guide: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#nested-resources

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '17 at 04:13

I used

  resources :brokers do
    patch :approve, on: :member

yields

>rake routes | grep approve
            approve_broker PATCH  /brokers/:id/approve(.:format)              brokers#approve

I had to change the path around, but that's fine.

http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#adding-more-restful-actions

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '17 at 04:16

You could do this by updating your routes to

resources :brokers do
    member do
      patch :approve
    end
end

which would treat the nested route as a member route. This would create a route as follows:

approve_broker PATCH  /brokers/:id/approve(.:format) brokers#approve

How do I change to use the same route :id as update instead of :model_id?

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