Question

I have this scope:

scope ":user_id", :as => "user" do 
 resources :boards,  :controller => 'users/boards'
end

I get this route:

http://localhost/hyperrjas/boards/

I want a url without boards then on routes.rb I add:

scope ":user_id", :as => "user" do 
 resources :boards,  :controller => 'users/boards', :path => '/'
end

That works great, but it is still accessible via “/boards” … How do I prevent that? (I’m using Rails 3.1)

Answer 1

You shouldn’t have to specify the controller names when using resources and in this caseI would use nested resources:

resource :user, only: :show do
  resources :boards
end

This should give you the following:

• /:user_id
• /:user_id/boards
• /:user_id/boards/new
• /:user_id/boards/:id/
• /:user_id/boards/:id/edit

and of course your restful routes!