Question

I have 2 models that I would like to setup routes for: Apps and Issues

Apps have many issues and each issue belongs to an App.

I want the URL to represent the fact that issues never come without its app. So something like this:

website.com/app-name/issues/2

But i’m not sure how to set that up properly in the routes. I also validate the uniqueness of app names, so I won’t have any overlap issue.

Answer 1

You’d like to use rails nested resources: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#nested-resources

Basically:

resources :app do
  resources :issues
end

More info on customizing your route to cater to the app name here:

Routing nested resources in Rails 3