Module: ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Base

Included in:
ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper
Defined in:
lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#default_url_options=(options) ⇒ Object Also known as: default_url_options 



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# File 'lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb', line 662

def default_url_options=(options)
  @set.default_url_options = options
end

#has_named_route?(name) ⇒ Boolean

Query if the following named route was already defined.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb', line 674

def has_named_route?(name)
  @set.named_routes.key?(name)
end

#match(path, options = nil) ⇒ Object

Matches a URL pattern to one or more routes.

You should not use the ‘match` method in your router without specifying an HTTP method.

If you want to expose your action to both GET and POST, use:

# sets :controller, :action, and :id in params
match ':controller/:action/:id', via: [:get, :post]

Note that ‘:controller`, `:action`, and `:id` are interpreted as URL query parameters and thus available through `params` in an action.

If you want to expose your action to GET, use ‘get` in the router:

Instead of:

match ":controller/:action/:id"

Do:

get ":controller/:action/:id"

Two of these symbols are special, ‘:controller` maps to the controller and `:action` to the controller’s action. A pattern can also map wildcard segments (globs) to params:

get 'songs/*category/:title', to: 'songs#show'

# 'songs/rock/classic/stairway-to-heaven' sets
#  params[:category] = 'rock/classic'
#  params[:title] = 'stairway-to-heaven'

To match a wildcard parameter, it must have a name assigned to it. Without a variable name to attach the glob parameter to, the route can’t be parsed.

When a pattern points to an internal route, the route’s ‘:action` and `:controller` should be set in options or hash shorthand. Examples:

match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', via: :get
match 'photos/:id', to: 'photos#show', via: :get
match 'photos/:id', controller: 'photos', action: 'show', via: :get

A pattern can also point to a ‘Rack` endpoint i.e. anything that responds to `call`:

match 'photos/:id', to: -> (hash) { [200, {}, ["Coming soon"]] }, via: :get
match 'photos/:id', to: PhotoRackApp, via: :get
# Yes, controller actions are just rack endpoints
match 'photos/:id', to: PhotosController.action(:show), via: :get

Because requesting various HTTP verbs with a single action has security implications, you must either specify the actions in the via options or use one of the [HttpHelpers](HttpHelpers) instead ‘match`

### Options

Any options not seen here are passed on as params with the URL.

:controller : The route’s controller.

:action : The route’s action.

:param : Overrides the default resource identifier ‘:id` (name of the dynamic

segment used to generate the routes). You can access that segment from
your controller using `params[<:param>]`. In your router:

    resources :users, param: :name

The `users` resource here will have the following routes generated for it:

    GET       /users(.:format)
    POST      /users(.:format)
    GET       /users/new(.:format)
    GET       /users/:name/edit(.:format)
    GET       /users/:name(.:format)
    PATCH/PUT /users/:name(.:format)
    DELETE    /users/:name(.:format)

You can override `ActiveRecord::Base#to_param` of a related model to
construct a URL:

    class User < ActiveRecord::Base
      def to_param
        name
      end
    end

    user = User.find_by(name: 'Phusion')
    user_path(user)  # => "/users/Phusion"

:path : The path prefix for the routes.

:module : The namespace for :controller.

    match 'path', to: 'c#a', module: 'sekret', controller: 'posts', via: :get
    # => Sekret::PostsController

See `Scoping#namespace` for its scope equivalent.

:as : The name used to generate routing helpers.

:via : Allowed HTTP verb(s) for route.

match 'path', to: 'c#a', via: :get
match 'path', to: 'c#a', via: [:get, :post]
match 'path', to: 'c#a', via: :all

:to : Points to a ‘Rack` endpoint. Can be an object that responds to `call` or a

string representing a controller's action.

    match 'path', to: 'controller#action', via: :get
    match 'path', to: -> (env) { [200, {}, ["Success!"]] }, via: :get
    match 'path', to: RackApp, via: :get

:on : Shorthand for wrapping routes in a specific RESTful context. Valid values

are `:member`, `:collection`, and `:new`. Only use within `resource(s)`
block. For example:

    resource :bar do
      match 'foo', to: 'c#a', on: :member, via: [:get, :post]
    end

Is equivalent to:

    resource :bar do
      member do
        match 'foo', to: 'c#a', via: [:get, :post]
      end
    end

:constraints : Constrains parameters with a hash of regular expressions or an object that

responds to `matches?`. In addition, constraints other than path can also
be specified with any object that responds to `===` (e.g. String, Array,
Range, etc.).

    match 'path/:id', constraints: { id: /[A-Z]\d{5}/ }, via: :get

    match 'json_only', constraints: { format: 'json' }, via: :get

    class PermitList
      def matches?(request) request.remote_ip == '1.2.3.4' end
    end
    match 'path', to: 'c#a', constraints: PermitList.new, via: :get

See `Scoping#constraints` for more examples with its scope equivalent.

:defaults : Sets defaults for parameters

    # Sets params[:format] to 'jpg' by default
    match 'path', to: 'c#a', defaults: { format: 'jpg' }, via: :get

See `Scoping#defaults` for its scope equivalent.

:anchor : Boolean to anchor a ‘match` pattern. Default is true. When set to false,

the pattern matches any request prefixed with the given path.

    # Matches any request starting with 'path'
    match 'path', to: 'c#a', anchor: false, via: :get

:format : Allows you to specify the default value for optional ‘format` segment or

disable it by supplying `false`.



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# File 'lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb', line 610

def match(path, options = nil)
end

#mount(app, options = nil) ⇒ Object

Mount a Rack-based application to be used within the application.

mount SomeRackApp, at: "some_route"

Alternatively:

mount(SomeRackApp => "some_route")

For options, see ‘match`, as `mount` uses it internally.

All mounted applications come with routing helpers to access them. These are named after the class specified, so for the above example the helper is either ‘some_rack_app_path` or `some_rack_app_url`. To customize this helper’s name, use the ‘:as` option:

mount(SomeRackApp => "some_route", as: "exciting")

This will generate the ‘exciting_path` and `exciting_url` helpers which can be used to navigate to this mounted app.

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) 


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# File 'lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb', line 632

def mount(app, options = nil)
  if options
    path = options.delete(:at)
  elsif Hash === app
    options = app
    app, path = options.find { |k, _| k.respond_to?(:call) }
    options.delete(app) if app
  end

  raise ArgumentError, "A rack application must be specified" unless app.respond_to?(:call)
  raise ArgumentError, <<~MSG unless path
    Must be called with mount point

      mount SomeRackApp, at: "some_route"
      or
      mount(SomeRackApp => "some_route")
  MSG

  rails_app = rails_app? app
  options[:as] ||= app_name(app, rails_app)

  target_as       = name_for_action(options[:as], path)
  options[:via] ||= :all

  match(path, { to: app, anchor: false, format: false }.merge(options))

  define_generate_prefix(app, target_as) if rails_app
  self
end

#with_default_scope(scope, &block) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb', line 667

def with_default_scope(scope, &block)
  scope(scope) do
    instance_exec(&block)
  end
end