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The component of the Ruby on Rails framework responsible for mapping between HTTP requests and application resources (including static files and controller actions).

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Why does rails redirect to the show action after creating?

New web developer here, and I think I may be missing some very fundamental knowledge. Given the code def create @post = Post.new(post_params) if @post.save redirect_to @post else render "new" …
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Accessing Named Routes in Rakefile

I have some named routes like this rake routes: birthdays GET /birthdays(.:format) birthdays#index In a rakefile I simply want to be able to call birthdays_url like I would in my view. task :import_birthdays =>…
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Enforce trailing slash in Rails Routing

Adding a trailing slash in your links is easy enough with {:trailing_slash => true}, but this doesn't account for if a user types in a non-slashed url. Is there a way to enforce trailing slashes via redirects in the router? get "/:controller/:id"…
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Rails Routing Error? 'No route matches'

So I keep running into the following error: No route matches {:action=>"show", :controller=>"users"} I tried running rake routes and I can see that the route exists: user GET /users/:id(.:format) users#show …
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How to write routing when resource model name does not match path or controller

I've got a model called ImplicitTest. It's called this as having a Ruby object called Test just breaks a lot of things in Rails. However, I still want to expose it as a RESTful resource as test (e.g. /tests, /test/1/edit and so forth). Furthermore,…
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How to add parameter to rails index action/method?

I want to pass a parameter to the index action, but the I'm only getting the show action. routes.rb: Test1::Application.routes.draw do resources :blog end blog_controller.rb: def show # code end def index # code end View url…
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Overriding a resource route to / (root) in Rails3: not changing the path helper?

I am quite new to Rails3, I basically created a subscribers scaffolding, I only want my app to respond to new and create actions. So in config/routes.rb I defined: resources :subscribers, :only => [:new, :create] Which works this way GET…
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render a 404 page on routing error in rails

I'm trying to render the integrated 404 page in rails as an exception. I tried this but still getting the routing error page: posts_controller.rb def destroy if current_user.username == @post.email @post.destroy respond_to do |format| format.html…
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Routing Error -- No route matches [POST] "/posts/new"

I'm working through the rubyonrails.org 'blog tutorial', and get this error when I try to submit a 'post' : Routing Error --No route matches [POST] "/posts/new" I copied and pasted the code from the tutorial into my code. This should return a hash…
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What to test in Rails routing?

I'm curious what people consider adequate/thorough testing of routes. A guy I work with seems to want to assert every route in our routes file, no matter how standard. I feel like this is a waste of time, but maybe I'm wrong and there is some value…
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Rails controller action without a view

I just want to do a rails action without a view. In my 'routes.rb' resources :pictures do member do post 'dislike' end end In my 'PictureController.rb' this does not work def dislike @picture = Picture.find(params[:id]) …
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Rails 3 w/ Devise: How to set two separate homepages based on whether the user is authenticated or not?

I am using Rails 3 and Devise to create an app where users arrive to the website and are shown a homepage containing a login and a signup form. This page has its own controller ("homepage") so it's route is root :to => "homepage#index" I want to…
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Routing in Rails. Dots in URL

I have overwritten to_param method in my Category model def to_param name end And routes.rb get '/:id' => 'categories#show', :as => :category When name parameter doesn't contain any dots (foobar), all works right, but when it does…
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Rails 3 link or button that executes action in controller

In RoR 3, I just want to have a link/button that activates some action/method in the controller. Specifically, if I click on a 'update_specs' link on a page, it should go to 'update_specs' method in my products controller. I've found suggestions…
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ActionController::RoutingError: uninitialized constant Api::V1::ApiController

I have Rails 5 API project for controlling user tasks and I have the following error but not always for the same controller and route. ActionController::RoutingError: uninitialized constant Api::V1::ApiController I describe you a little bit my…
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