Question

I’m using Rails 2.3.9. and I have a model Project, for which I have a column url_name.
I added a catch-all route in routes.rb so I can handle incoming urls like:

www…/1-folder-nr

www…/2-folder-test

www…/3-rails
(you get the idea).

Before this I had project_books_url(@project) to use in controller and views.

But now I need something to replace that project_books_url(@project), something that will generate me the full url?

It’s there something to act the same as the xxx_url helper so I can use it in the controller?

If anyone has any ideas or suggestion, they are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

Why don’t you just write a helper method that generates whatever you want?

def project_books_path(project)
  "/#{project.to_param}"
end
helper_method :project_books_url