Defining a custom rails route with query parameters

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I have a /articles page that I can access via the articles_path route helper.

Let's say I have 2 tabs on that page (e.g. something like this) that the user can click back and forth on, but it doesn't leave the page.

I have logic that allows the user to deep link to a specific tab, so either of the following url's are valid and will open the page on the specified tab directly.

/articles?tab=foo
/articles?tab=bar

Is it possible to define two new custom routes with the above urls that include the query parameter? I'd love to have a helper like articles_foo_tab_path and articles_bar_tab_path that incorporate those query parameters directly.

Thanks!

Uzbekjon · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-28 17:59:32Z

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Create those helper methods:

module ArticlesHelper
  def articles_foo_tab_path(article)
    article_path(article, tab: 'foo')
  end

  def articles_foo_bar_path(article)
    article_path(article, tab: 'bar')
  end
end

And use them in your views:

<%= link_to @article.title, articles_foo_bar_path(@article) %>

answered Apr 28, 2016 at 17:59

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margo · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-29 08:49:31Z

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The helper method is one solution. Alternatively you can add a route which maps the tab param to the url e.g. articles/foo or articles/bar

get "articles(filter/:filter)", to: "articles#index", filter: /.*/

answered Apr 29, 2016 at 8:49

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