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Asked: 2026-05-23T04:09:51+00:00

Is there an easy way to change the default method that a particular HTTP

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Is there an easy way to change the default method that a particular HTTP Verb maps to when dealing with RESTful routing in rails? Let’s say each of my model controllers has a delete action instead of destroy, however when I use:

link_to "Delete", some_object, :method => :delete

Rails does what it’s supposed to and routes to the destroy action of my resource’s controller. Instead, I’d like to route to an action named delete. That’s it.

I know I can just use ruby’s alias in my controllers or add a custom member route for each of my resources, but is there an easier way to do this to make the changes app-wide? Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you use alias in your ApplicationController, then that will flow through to your other controllers that inherit from it.

    That will function the way you want it to.

    Warning: rails is opinionated software and generally you won’t want to step too far out of the way rails works. And rails loves standard REST actions.

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