Quick Tip: Override Rails Generated URLs
By default Ruby on Rails resources use the controller name for the URL. For example:
map.resources :time_entries
would yield the following URLs
What if you want them to be something else entirely? I guess you could rename your controller, update your routes.rb file and everywhere you use a URL helper… or, just use the “as” modifier!
map.resources :time_entries, :as => :time
now yields the following URLs
All of your existing uses of the URL helpers can remain the same and it will generate all URLs correctly. Quick, simple and painless!
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Posted July 20th, 2009 at 7:00 pm in Ruby on Rails |
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Nice tip. Huge time saver and allows for more descriptive models on the backend whilst keeping a simpleton interface. Cheers.
March 15th, 2010 at 5:41 pm