Map URL "/users/id" to "/dashboard" in Rails 3?

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How can I map the url /users/:id to /dashboard?

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Vincent Robert · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-28T11:34:02.460

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Where is the id parameter with URL /dashboard? Or is this about the "current" user?

If these pages are about different users, one from parameter, the other from session. Then you actually need different controllers for these 2 URLs.

Here is how I would do it:

routes.rb

match "dashboard" => 'users#show', :defaults => { :id => -1 }

UsersController.rb

def show
  @user = User.find(params[:id] == -1 ? current_user_id : params[:id])
  ...

I let you do the implementation of current_user_id :-)

edited Nov 28 '10 at 11:34

answered Nov 27 '10 at 13:53

Vincent Robert

It is about the current_user. When I login, I want the URL to show /dashboard instead of /users/:id like it shows now. – donald Nov 27 '10 at 14:12
@donald: do you mean the login page should be served from `/dashboard`, or that the user should be redirected to `/dashboard` after logging in? – zetetic Nov 27 '10 at 20:09
@zetetic should be redirected to /dashboard once logged in. – donald Nov 27 '10 at 23:39
could you please explain better how that works? Shall I put that @user in all the methods in the controller? thanks. – donald Nov 27 '10 at 23:44

Mahesh Velaga · Answer 2 · 2010-11-27T14:06:28.643

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match "users/:id" => "YourDashboardController#dashboard"

edited Nov 27 '10 at 14:06

answered Nov 27 '10 at 13:49

Mahesh Velaga

@donald: edited, you need to specify the controller in which the dashboard action exists. – Mahesh Velaga Nov 27 '10 at 14:07

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 27 '10 at 14:37

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Use this match "users/:id" => "YourDashboardController#dashboard"

answered Nov 27 '10 at 14:37

hkairi

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 27 '10 at 14:38

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did you try something like that:

match "/dashboard", :to => "users#show", :as => "dashboard"

and after login redirect to dashboard_path

answered Nov 27 '10 at 14:38

Pasta

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