How do you pass parameters in a URL? I'm trying to design a login system similar to Twitter's. Notice how you can either login to the main page of www.twitter.com or you can go directly to customised pages such as www.twitter.com/lancearmstrong and www.twitter.com/rails . That's exactly what I need for my project. Thanks.
A:
Look into Apache's mod_rewrite module for information on directing www.mysite.com/asdf to a CGI script with the argument "asdf".
strager
2009-01-24 03:27:06
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A:
in config/routes.rb create a rule like this:
map.connect '/:user_name', :controller => 'login', :action => 'custom'
or somethjing similar.
then in your controller pick up the user name with params[:user_name]
This should go at the end of the file near the default rules. The system chooses the first route that matches the incoming URL. so if you have a rule like:
map.connect '/foo', :controller => 'foo', :action => 'bar'
it will need to come before the login rule. - bear in mind that if you do this you will have to disallow 'foo' as a username :)
Noel Walters
2009-01-24 09:34:42
"then in your controller pick up the user name with params[:user_name]"Would I do this in the 'custom' action according to your example. Say: def custom # do something with params[:user_name]end
alamodey
2009-01-28 12:41:47
Yes, correct. Though obviously it doesn't have to be called 'custom' I just took that name from the word 'customised' in your question.
Noel Walters
2009-01-28 13:05:47