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ruby-on-railsroutesnested-routes

Rails: using nested named routes

routes.rb:

resources :jobs do
  resources :activitylogs
end

rake routes:

...
                     POST /jobs/:job_id/activitylogs(.:format)          {:controller=>"activitylogs", :action=>"create"}
new_job_activitylog  GET  /jobs/:job_id/activitylogs/new(.:format)      {:controller=>"activitylogs", :action=>"new"}
edit_job_activitylog GET  /jobs/:job_id/activitylogs/:id/edit(.:format) {:controller=>"activitylogs", :action=>"edit"}
...

How do I use the route new_job_activitylog?

Doing <%= new_job_activitylog %> gives undefined exception - so does using link_to which most of the examples I see are using.

Solution

  • Use

    <%= new_job_activitylog_path %>

    or

    <%= new_job_activitylog_url %>

    _path returns a relative path, while _url returns a complete url including http://domain.com if you've set it in your config.