Alternative for :id param

Question

I have resources :users and custom_id inside users table.

I want to use link_to "user", user method choosing custom_id to provide link with this field as param.

My show action inside users_controller.rb:

...
  @user = User.find(custom_id: params[:id])
...

Answer 1

In Your form You could use:

<%= link_to @user.name, @user %>

because You already wrote in UsersController:

...
  @user = User.find(custom_id: params[:id])
...