Question

What is the rails way, to create seperate actions for get or post?

Is it possible to have the same name but decorate the action to only run if its a get or post?

e.g.

'get only'
def forgot_password
end

'post only'
def forgot_passord
end

Answer 1

Rails way is to have a resource — Each method should have a responsibility.

resources :password_resets

And then you’ll let a user reset their password by visiting the form:

link_to 'Lost your Password?', new_password_reset_path

And then the form will post to create a new password_reset… That will send an email with a link to show the password_reset.

form_tag(password_resets_path, :method=>:post) do

When the use enters their updated password, it will update the password_reset.