Question

I need to create this url:

www.example.com/directory/[state]-financial-planners

Where [state] will be different depending on which link users click…e.g: /directory/california-financial-planners etc. I would like to create those urls with function like state_directory_path("california"), and my receiving controller should have a variable params[:state].

Thanks

Answer 1

You need a route with a Dynamic Segment:

match '/directory/:state-financial-planners' => 'controller_name#action_method', :as => 'state_directory', :via => :get

This dynmic segment is the :state part of the route, this will set param[:state] in the request. You will need to specify 'controller_name#action_method' with the controller and action that will handle the request