I actually use automatic route generation for my api Rest, using the FOSRESTBundle, also I use NelmioApiDocBundle to generate the api doc.
To generate routes for the api this I have in my routing.yml
users:
type: rest
resource: Project\RESTBundle\Controller\UsersController
But for some actions I want to set my custom routing… If I try to add another route rule for an action it simply ignore it and generate the automatic route.
You have to declare the route with the same name right after the configuration you set. For example, the following works.