Question

I have a nested resource which appears like so in my routes:

resource :reviews do
  resource :entries
end

I’m trying to create a link for a new entry path like so:

<%= link_to "New Entry", new_review_entry_path(@review) %>

Unfortunately, I keep getting this error message:

undefined method `new_review_entry_path' for #<#<Class:0x5150d78>:0x483c798>

I checked rake routes, and it turns out that the route should be pluralized into:

new_reviews_entries_path(@review)

Unfortunately, when I do that, then I get an odd url:

/reviews/entries/new.1

Obviously, that doesn’t work, either. Any idea what’s going on here?

Answer 1

It’s resources, not resource. Your first try was the right one 😉

resources :reviews do
    resources :entries
end

You should use resource when the resource is “unique”. For instance, if a user has one profile, you would do:

resources :users do
    resource :profile
end