Question

Im trying to figure out how to get a dynamic link for example

• /users/user1/show
• /users/user1/edit
  or
• /profiles/1/

How would I create a route that I could insert in my views like a view_profile_path and that would include the id or username of a user?

Answer 1

Actually, I think you need something like this in config/routes.rb

resources :users do
  resources :profiles
end

You can later check your REST-ful resource routes by issuing the command:

rake routes

This way you have a more natural approach to your routes in which your users will be bound to one or more profiles, therefore you may use something like:

user_profile_path(@user)

to create an appropriate link to a user’s profile.