Question

This should have been a relatively simple one but I must be making a mistake with my routes or something. I want to return an active record as json based on an id. So heres what I have and in my eyes it should have worked.

The route:

match '/repository/infoid/(.:id)(.:format)' =>'repo#infoID', :via =>:get

The def within the controller

 def infoID
     puts (params[:id])
    @specificObject = myObject.find_by_id(params[:id])
    respond_to do |format|
      format.xml{
        render :xml =>
        {
           :returnedObject => @specificObject
        }
      }
    end
  end

Why is it that when I go to my address of http://127.0.0.1:3008/repository/infoid/1.xml

I get no route found for /infoid/1.xml

Answer 1

get '/repository/infoid/:id' => 'repo#infoID'

little refacrtoring for controller

def infoID
  @specificObject = MyObject.find(params[:id])
  respond_to do |format|
    format.html{}
    format.xml{
      render :xml => @specificObject
    }
  end
end