how to make new url in rails routing

Question

I have model/controller called notification.

I want to make a new url so that I can access it by:

/notifications/my_new_url?id=4 and have that page go to view my_new_url.html.erb

however, it always keeps going to show method:

This is in my routes.rb

  map.resources :notifications

  map.connect 'notifications/get',
              :controller => 'notifications',
              :action     => 'show'            

  map.connect 'notifications/my_new_url',
              :controller => 'notifications',
              :action     => 'my_new_url'            

Please assist me...I've been stuck on this for a while

Answer 1

You need to map the URL to a controller and action combination. But your action can render the view. You also need need to map the specialized URLs before URLs with wildcards. So do this:

# config/routes.rb
    ...
    map.connect 'notifications/my_new_url',
                :controller => 'notifications',
                :action => 'my_new_url'

    map.resources :notifications
    ...


# app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
  ...
  def my_new_url
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { render :my_new_url }
    end
  end
  ...

# app/views/notifications/my_new_url.html.erb
  ...