Question

I’m working with a Rails 3 Routes file and the resource mapping looks like this:

resources :projects do
    new do
      post :add_test_phase
      post :add_client
      post :refresh_form
    end

I’ve read the Routes Guide for Rails 3 but find no mention of this. I know what “member” or “collection” add but am stumped by this new tag. Does it mean perform the mentioned posts when a new project is created?

Answer 1

It works just like the post do block does. It’s just for creating a bunch of new routes. Your above example would give you add_test_phase_new_project_path mapped to projects#add_test_phase, add_client_new_project_path mapped to projects#add_client, refresh_form_new_project_path mapped to projects#refresh_form. The urls would be /projects/new/add_test_phase, /projects/new/add_client and /projects/new/refresh_form. Although, honestly, I don’t really see a good use case for this.