Rails generate short route

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Hi :) I have a question I'm not really sure how to fix or solve the specific problem.

I am using MongoDB .

I would like to make my route small to share it to the public.

For example

https://example.com/api/v1/users/:user_id/pictures/:picture_id

To

https://example.com/aghu234

Because I don't want that other users see the how path. I hope you guys can help me :)

We call that using a "slug"... which will probably help you google for examples by other people... eg: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31059992/ruby-on-rails-resource-routes-use-slug-instead-of-id — Taryn East, Aug 14 '16 at 23:25
Good luck! if you get stuck on any particular implementation, come back and we'll help you with that :) — Taryn East, Aug 14 '16 at 23:52
Do you maybe know how to start with that ? I am really new with backend development:/ This is how my route look https://example.com/api/v1/users/:user_id/pictures/:picture_id. I just want to access to the object picture with a friendly id. Like https://example.com/agdh675. I would be really happy if you can help me with a small introduction I am using mongoid as well — BilalReffas, Aug 15 '16 at 02:32
The link to the other stack overflow question has examples of the code you will start with in its answers :) — Taryn East, Aug 15 '16 at 04:28

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 15 '16 at 08:22

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You could use the shortener gem, which does exactly what you're asking for.

answered Aug 15 '16 at 08:22

DaniG2k

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 15 '16 at 08:41

You can use shortener gem, but there is no fun in using 3rd party gems. So, If you want in-house version then you can use following sample code.

ALLOWED_CHARACTER_SPACE = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789".split(//)
def convert_uid_to_short(uid)
        surl = ''
        base = ALLOWED_CHARACTER_SPACE.length
        while uid > 0
            surl << ALLOWED_CHARACTER_SPACE[uid.modulo(base)]
            uid /= base
        end
        surl.reverse
    end

In above method, you have pass uid, a unique identifier in integer format for your url/api. It will return a short url for the unique identifier. You can then use the short version in your code appropriately.

Sample:

convert_uid_to_short(10)
output: k

convert_uid_to_short(1043234)
output: exyw

Thank you for your help.:) What for a awesome community :) – BilalReffas Aug 15 '16 at 10:51 — BilalReffas, Aug 15 '16 at 10:51

Rails generate short route

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