Hello,
I have a thing blog application, and I would like to shorten my routes. Here there are:
Blog::Application.routes.draw do
resources :categories do
resources :articles do
resources :comments
end
end
A rake routes command build the following lines:
GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments(.:format) {:controller=>"comments", :action=>"index"}
category_article_comments POST /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments(.:format) {:controller=>"comments", :action=>"create"}
new_category_article_comment GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/new(.:format) {:controller=>"comments", :action=>"new"}
GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/:id(.:format) {:controller=>"comments", :action=>"show"}
PUT /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/:id(.:format) {:controller=>"comments", :action=>"update"}
category_article_comment DELETE /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/:id(.:format) {:controller=>"comments", :action=>"destroy"}
edit_category_article_comment GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/:id/edit(.:format) {:controller=>"comments", :action=>"edit"}
GET /categories/:category_id/articles(.:format) {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"index"}
category_articles POST /categories/:category_id/articles(.:format) {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"create"}
new_category_article GET /categories/:category_id/articles/new(.:format) {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"new"}
GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:id(.:format) {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"show"}
PUT /categories/:category_id/articles/:id(.:format) {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"update"}
category_article DELETE /categories/:category_id/articles/:id(.:format) {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"destroy"}
edit_category_article GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:id/edit(.:format) {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"edit"}
GET /categories(.:format) {:controller=>"categories", :action=>"index"}
categories POST /categories(.:format) {:controller=>"categories", :action=>"create"}
new_category GET /categories/new(.:format) {:controller=>"categories", :action=>"new"}
GET /categories/:id(.:format) {:controller=>"categories", :action=>"show"}
PUT /categories/:id(.:format) {:controller=>"categories", :action=>"update"}
category DELETE /categories/:id(.:format) {:controller=>"categories", :action=>"destroy"}
edit_category GET /categories/:id/edit(.:format) {:controller=>"categories", :action=>"edit"}
As can be seen, each resource is ordered in a tree.
So I believe that, it's could be interesting to simplify my routes such as for example:
/categories/ => /
/categories/:id => /:id
/categories/:category_id/articles/ => /:category_id/articles
/categories/:category_id/articles/:id => /:category_id/:id
/categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/ => /:category_id/:article_id/comments
/categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/:id => /:category_id/:article_id/:id
It's more DRY, is't it? :)
Does Rails 3 provides a easy way to do so, with an HTTP verbs mapping to controller actions automatically? Thanks anyone.
