Routing nested resources in Rails 3

Question

In my app, users have messages.

resources :users do
   resources :messages
end

Users can access their profile with a pretty url, say /albert.

match ':username' => 'users#show', :as => 'username'

But not their messages!

user_message_path(@user, 1)

returns /users/1/messages/1. How do I get it to return /albert/messages/1?

Sam Ruby · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-13 17:54:25Z

1

In your routes add:

get ':username/messages/:id' => 'messages#show', :as => 'username_message'

To access, use username_message_path

answered Jul 13, 2011 at 17:54

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alste Over a year ago

thanks but is there a more generic way of doing this? one would have to add that line for each nested resource, which becomes cubersome

Sam Ruby Over a year ago

I encourage you to take a look at the definition of the resource method: api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Routing/Mapper/… (click on show source). If the patterns it provides is not to your liking, you can create your own custom method tailored to your application.

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