Route alias in Rails

Question

I have a model stories in Rails 3.

I want to make an alias "books" for "stories" so I can have routes /books/192 instead of /stories/192, and also that all my generated links (e.g. link_to) point to books' routes instead of stories' routes.

How can I do that?

Thanks

score 125 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 18 '23 at 09:29

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resources :stories, :path => :books

If you want to rename the path AND helper methods, then you do:

resources :stories, :path => :books, :as => :books

See: Overriding the Named Helpers

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answered Mar 13 '11 at 16:34

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Thanks for clarifying difference between `:path` & `:as` – netwire Jan 21 '13 at 16:14

score 113 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 05 '13 at 20:13

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That's why they made the path option on match which is also available on resources:

resources :stories, :path => "books"

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answered Dec 21 '10 at 21:59

Ryan Bigg

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I'm not sure this is right. See [link](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#overriding-the-named-helpers) This only changes helpers names. Run `rake routes` after inserting that line of code. It won't give what he is asking. – Ryan Mar 13 '11 at 16:08
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I believe Ryan Bigg is correct. However, there is a slight ambiguity in OP's question. When you say alias to a resource, it generally means that that resource is available via multiple routes. Thus, if you wanted your "stories resource" to be available via both "/stories" and "/books", then declaring something like this is also possible: resources :stories, :as => :books resources :books, :controller => "stories" Thus, the "users of your app" get the same resource (stories) via two different routes ("/books", "/stories"). – Kedar Mhaswade Nov 23 '11 at 18:45
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I know it's old, but I really don't understand how this answers the question. I can't get it to do anything of the sort. For me it just modifies the helper methods. – Mike Campbell Feb 03 '13 at 13:21
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@MikeCampbell: Sorry, it was wrong. The correct option to use is `:path`. – Ryan Bigg Feb 03 '13 at 21:15

score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 21 '10 at 20:28

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Try something like this:

match 'books/:id' => 'books#show'
match 'books' => 'books#index'

answered Dec 21 '10 at 20:28

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This is a hack, sorry to say. OP should use the `:as` option on `resources`. – Ryan Bigg Dec 21 '10 at 22:01

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