Hi, Thanks for responding, but that's not really what I was looking for. My basic problem is that I don't understand how to correctly distinguish between user creation and assignment of a user to a group using RESTFUL routes. It appears to me that with nested routes, you end up with users#create in both cases.
Stan On Aug 20, 11:44 am, Hendra Gunawan <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure what do you mean... but maybe this sample code will help you... > :-) > > resources :groups do > resources :users # using nested routes :-) > end > > It will generate url like this > new_group_user GET /groups/:group_id/users/new(.:format) > {:action=>"new", :controller=>"users"} > > You can see the detail with "rake routes" > > :-) > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Stan McFarland < > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, Rails newbie here. > > > If I have a basic HABTM association - say, users and groups - I can't > > get my head around the RESTful routing required to add a user to a > > group. > > > POST /user will call user#create > > POST /group will call group#create > > POST /group/:group_id/user should call: what? Is it ok to define > > a "addUser" action to the group controller? Or should I test for the > > existence of the group_id in the user#create method and then proceed > > accordingly? I want to do things the Rails way but sometimes my PHP > > experience comes back to haunt me. :) > > > Thanks, > > > Stan > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
