Question

I would like to use a custom method to build my routes.

Currently, I have something like this in my routes.rb file :

Foobar::Application.routes.draw do
  def my_custom_method
    # lot
    # of
    # code
  end

  pages = my_custom_method

  pages.each do |key, slug|
    get slug => 'pages#view', as: key, defaults: { slug: slug }
  end
end

But I’m sure it’s not its place.

So where should I store this custom method ?

Which is the “good way” ?

Answer 1

A working solution is to create the file config/initializers/routes.rb containing:

module ActionDispatch::Routing
  class Mapper
    def my_custom_method
      # lot of code
    end
  end
end