Rails parse url to hash(Routes)

Question

Hello. How can I parse url string to hash like

{:controller => 'controller_name', :action => 'action_name', :id => 'id'}

?

Answer 1

You may be able to use ActionController::Routing::Routes.recognize_path, depending on the format of the URL:

>> ActionController::Routing::Routes.recognize_path("/accounts/1",:method=>:get)`
# {:action=>"show":controller=>"accounts",:id=>"1"}

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