Rails Routing with Namespace and format (for api)

Question

I know this isn't RESTful, but for now, I'm trying to set up an api/v1 controller. Ideally I would like to call it like this:

site.com/api/v1/verify.xml

But right now I can't get the .xml to work. I have the following route so far:

map.namespace :api do |api|
  api.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
end

I can do /api/v1/verify but I don't think it is using the route above. For some reason it is still hitting my catch all route also even though it displays the right page.

map.connect '*path', :controller => 'application', :action => 'redirect_main'

So:
1) how do I get the .format on there?
2) And how do I make it not hit my catch all route?

Answer 1

If you aren't using named routes or resources, you have to specify every combination of path you want to handle, including the file extension.

Adding api.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format' back to your api namespace will give you access to params[:format] to respond to.

Answer 2

Wouldn't you just need to add .:format?

map.namespace :api do |api|
  api.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'
end

Answer 3

1) how do I get the .format on there?

api.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'

2) And how do I make it not hit my catch all route?

I believe your catch-all route should be the last one on routes.rb. This way it should work...