Question

map.resource  :basket, :collection => { :checkout => :post }

The above does not work for a resource, as you would expect since basket is a resource (ie. singular) not resources, so there is no concept of a collection, everything should be scoped to the current_user. In this case User has_one Basket.

However I would like to specify a custom route without having to resort to adding another line in routes, eg:

map.checkout 'basket/checkout', :controller => 'baskets', :action => 'checkout'

Is this possible?

Of course my other option is to add a checkouts controller.

Answer 1

Just use :member option instead of :collection:

map.resource :basket, :member => {:checkout => :post}